Understanding patients' perceptions of surgical results and their impacts on quality of life is
of primary importance in plastic surgery, as procedures are largely performed to improve …

Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedure. Choices
of incisions, pocket plane, and myriad implant characteristics constitute the basis for surgical …

Background: The BREAST-Q is a patient-reported outcome instrument used to evaluate
outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery and reconstruction. Normative …

Background: The usefulness of patient-reported outcome measures is emphasized along
with the development of patient-centered care. When implementing patient-reported …

The objective is to prospectively determine the factors responsible for reconstruction failure
and capsular contracture in mastectomized breast cancer patients who underwent …

In the past decade, our team has published extensively in the area of patient-reported
outcome (PRO) research in plastic surgery. 1–8 The BREAST-Q© is the flagship of our …

Background: Advances in breast cancer diagnosis and management have produced
significant improvements in disease-free and breast cancer related survival. Consequently …

Background: The objective of this study was to gain a better understanding of the magnitude
of clinical change in health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction brought about by …

Survey research is a unique methodology that can provide insight into individuals'
perspectives and experiences and can be collected on a large population-based sample …

Background: The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate patient satisfaction and
quality of life with elective breast augmentation. Methods: Patients with bilateral …