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Quality of Life of Patients After Immediate or Delayed Autologous Breast Reconstruction

Jop Beugels, Melissa Kool, Lisette T. Hoekstra, Esther M. Heuts, Stephania M.H. Tuinder, René R. W. J. van der Hulst, Andrzej Piątkowski

Annals of Plastic Surgery · 2018 · 20 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

This study suggests that patients who underwent immediate or delayed deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction have comparable QoL more than 1 year after surgery, irrespective of the timing of the breast reconstruction.

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Development of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Breast Surgery: The BREAST-Q

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The BREAST-Q

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Breast Cancer and Reconstruction: Normative Data for Interpreting the BREAST-Q

Lily R. Mundy, Karen Homa, Anne F. Klassen et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2017 · 201 citations · Full text