Patient-reported outcomes of breast reconstruction after mastectomy: a systematic review.

摘要

Breast reconstruction is commonly performed after mastectomy for breast cancer and is generally believed to improve women's quality of life and well-being. Most studies that have evaluated breast reconstruction have focused on outcomes that might not be relevant to patients or that are of interest to surgeons primarily (such as fat necrosis, symmetry without clothing), and many studies have not compared outcomes of breast reconstruction with outcomes of mastectomy only. In addition, recent findings of large geographic variations in rates of breast reconstruction have called into question the appropriateness of who gets breast reconstruction.