BACKGROUND The psychosocial impact of breast surgery has been extensively studied in the Western population. There is a relative paucity of comparable data in Oriental women who are increasingly affected by cancer of the breast. The present study investigates the effects that different types of breast surgery have on the quality of life of Chinese women. METHODS Forty-nine Chinese women with ...

PURPOSE The aim of the study is: 1) to analyse selected features of body posture in women after mastectomy, 2) to compare them with body posture of healthy women, 3) to determine the effect of rehabilitation physical exercises on the changes in body posture in women after mastectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research material consisted of 85 women after mastectomy examined once, including 40 ...

AIM This study aimed to determine findings of axillary view mammogram (MMG) and ultrasound (USG) of the ipsilateral side in post-mastectomy patients and to document difficulty level in performing the axillary view and patients' pain level during the procedure. METHODS Post-mastectomy patients who had MMG and USG on follow-up during an 18-months period were included. The MMG and USG findings o...

The dominant approach in the fight against breast cancer is mastectomy. Surgical operations include diagnostic, therapeutic, palliative and reconstructive procedures. decision as to procedure depends on type, location advancement of tumor, well preferences patients, skills operator availability methods at a given centre. It worth noting that with increasing number there have also been significa...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether, if given the choice, patients with breast cancer would prefer mastectomy or conservation treatment, neither treatment having been shown to be preferable. DESIGN Non-randomised case series with 28 patients interviewed after two years and all followed up. SETTING Secondary care referral centre. PATIENTS 153 women, aged less than 65, with T1, T2, N1, and...

BACKGROUND Seroma formation is a common complication following mastectomy for invasive breast cancer. Mastectomy flap fixation is achieved by reducing dead space volume using interrupted subcutaneous sutures. METHODS All patients undergoing mastectomy due to invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were eligible for inclusion. From May 2012 to March 2013, all patients undergo...