Background Health outcomes research has gained considerable traction over the past
decade as the medical community attempts to move beyond traditional outcome measures …

Purpose Breast cancer continues to be the most prevalent cancer affecting women. Many
reconstructive options exist after oncologic resection. Breast reconstruction can have a …

Purpose The goals of immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction are to minimize
deformity and optimize quality of life as perceived by patients. We prospectively evaluated …

Background Use of biological or synthetic mesh might improve outcomes of immediate
implant-based breast reconstruction—breast reconstruction with implants or expanders at …

A major challenge in value-based health care is the lack of standardized health outcomes
measurements, hindering optimal monitoring and comparison of the quality of health care …

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

Background: Prepectoral acellular dermal matrix–assisted immediate implant-based breast
reconstruction is gaining popularity, involving complete implant coverage with acellular …

Background. One‐stage direct‐to‐implant immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is
performed simultaneously with breast cancer resection. We explored indications …

Background: Differences in quality-of-life outcomes after different surgical breast cancer
treatment options, including breast reconstruction, are relevant for counseling individual …

Introduction A critical barrier to outcome assessment in gender-affirming healthcare is the
lack of a specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM). This phase I protocol …