Does breast reduction surgery improve health-related quality of life? A prospective cohort study in Australian women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the health burden of breast hypertrophy and the comparative effectiveness of breast reduction surgery in improving health-related quality of life.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A major public tertiary care hospital in Australia.

Participants

Women with symptomatic breast hypertrophy who underwent breast reduction surgery were followed for 12 months. A comparison control cohort comprised women with breast hypertrophy who did not undergo surgery.

Interventions

Bilateral breast reduction surgery for women in the surgical cohort.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was health-related quality of life measured preoperatively and at 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionna

SUBMITTER: Crittenden T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044824 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature