Patient satisfaction after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction.
- Conditions
- borstkanker, patienttevredenheid breast cancer, tissue expander, patient satisfaction
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23201
- Lead Sponsor
- Atrium MC ParkstadHenri Dunantstraat 56419 PC Heerlen tel. (045) 576 66 66zelf gefinancierd
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
In this cohort study patients with unilateral breast reconstruction (by tissue expander) or bilateral breast reconstruction (by tissue expander) will be taken into account. Timing of bilateral reconstruction may be synchronous or metachronous. Our goal is to include 100 patients who received an immediate breast reconstruction in the period of January 2008 until July 2011. Patients with breast cancer who are not applicable for breast-saving treatment (because of tumor characteristics), who prefer an amputation or who undergo a prophylactic amputation will be taken into account. Patients who lost their tissue expander or prosthesis because of complications will also be taken into account.
Patients who received a definitive prosthesis elsewhere than the Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad will be excluded. Other criteria for exclusion include patients with other reconstructions than the tissue expander.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient satisfaction.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Complications afterwards due to operation:<br /><br>1. Infection;<br /> <br>2. Hematoma.<br /> <br>Complications due to adjuvant treatment:<br /> <br>1. Fibrosis;<br /> <br>2. Capsular contracture;<br /> <br>3. Poor wound healing.