Sexual dysfunction is one of the most common and distressing consequences of cancer
treatment. Although some treatment-related sexual adverse effects are short-term, many …

Background Recent events in health care reform have brought national attention to
integrating patient experiences and expectations into quality metrics. Few studies have …

The outcome of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy with breast reconstruction (BPM-IBR) in
healthy BRCA1/2 mutation carriers can be potentially burdensome for body image and the …

Staged expander–implant breast reconstruction (EIBR) and microsurgical abdominal flap
breast reconstruction (MAFBR) are the most common modes of breast reconstruction (BR) in …

The goal of postmastectomy breast reconstruction is to restore a woman's body image and to
satisfy her personal expectations regarding the results of surgery. Studies in other surgical …

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 …

Objective The process of cancer‐related breast reconstruction is typically multi‐staged and
can take months to years to complete, yet few studies have examined patient psychosocial …

Background: Every year millions of individuals acquire scars. A literature review of patient-
reported outcome (PRO) instruments identified content limitations in existing scar-specific …

Background: Primary cadaveric studies were reviewed to give a contemporary overview of
what is known about innervation of the female breast and nipple/nipple-areola complex …

Background: The relationship between satisfaction with information and decision regret has
not been previously studied in breast reconstruction patients. The objective of this study …