Breast reconstruction and risk of lymphedema after mastectomy: A prospective cohort study with 10 years of follow-up

MM Menezes, MA Bello, E Millen, FAS Lucas… - … Plastic, Reconstructive …, 2016 - Elsevier
… widely known benefits of breast reconstruction and a favorable legislation, in our study, it
could … 47 had immediate reconstruction and another 47 women had delayed reconstruction. A …

Socio-demographic, clinical, and health-related factors associated with breast reconstruction–a nationwide cohort study

A Bodilsen, S Christensen, P Christiansen… - The Breast, 2015 - Elsevier
… In the present study, women were selected from the PFAB cohort after … as reconstruction
according to guidelines was not routinely offered to these two groups at the time when the cohort

A five year experience of measuring clinical effectiveness in a breast reconstruction service using the BREAST-Q patient reported outcomes measure: a cohort study

NR Dean, T Crittenden - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic …, 2016 - Elsevier
… The limitations of this study are that the Flinders Breast Reconstruction Service may not be
typical of all services, in terms of ratio of immediate to delayed reconstruction patients and this …

Long-term patient satisfaction and quality of life following breast reconstruction using the BREAST-Q: a prospective cohort study

M Shiraishi, Y Sowa, I Tsuge, T Kodama… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… results of this study show that breast reconstruction improves “Satisfaction with Breasts” and
“… Thus, autologous reconstruction is recommended for promotion of long-term HRQoL after …

Short-term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate implant-based breast reconstruction with and without mesh (iBRA): a multicentre, prospective cohort study

S Potter, EJ Conroy, RI Cutress, PR Williamson… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
… In this prospective, multicentre cohort study, we consecutively recruited women aged … breast
reconstruction for malignancy or risk reduction, with any technique, at 81 participating breast

Early functional outcomes after prepectoral breast reconstruction: a case-matched cohort study

CV Schaeffer, KR Dassoulas, J Thuman… - Annals of Plastic …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… An aesthetic advantage of prepectoral implant breast reconstruction is the ability to … the
planned breast base width. Our prepectoral cohort on average was reconstructed with expanders …

The iBRA (implant breast reconstruction evaluation) study: protocol for a prospective multi-centre cohort study to inform the feasibility, design and conduct of a …

…, Breast Reconstruction Research Collaborative - … and feasibility studies, 2016 - Springer
… A large prospective cohort study that engages surgeons, … multi-centre cohort studies eg the
appendicectomy study which … be established in breast and reconstructive surgery but may …

Increasing body mass index increases complications but not failure rates in microvascular breast reconstruction: a retrospective cohort study

AC O'Neill, S Sebastiampillai, T Zhong… - … of Plastic, Reconstructive …, 2019 - Elsevier
… The purpose of this study is to characterize the relationship between … breast reconstruction
at a single specialist centre with a particular focus on serious complications and reconstructive

… role of breast reconstruction choice on body image patient‐reported outcomes at four years post‐mastectomy for breast cancer: A longitudinal prospective cohort study

K Dempsey, E Mathieu, M Brennan, K Snook… - Psycho …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the impact of breast reconstruction on women's perceptions of body
image over time and to assess the influence of sociodemographic variables on body image. …

Complications in DIEP flap breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer: a prospective cohort study comparing unilateral versus bilateral reconstructions

RG Wade, S Razzano, EM Sassoon… - Annals of surgical …, 2017 - Springer
… We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that bilateral DIEP flap breast reconstruction is
associated with a higher risk of complications than unilateral DIEP flap breast reconstruction. …