Table 2.
Patient Satisfaction with outcomes following BPM.
| Author, Year |
Sample Size (n) |
Instrument | Type of Study |
Recon. (All) |
Compared Reconstruction vs. No Reconstruction |
Overall Finding |
Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefanek, 1995 |
14 | Ad hoc | CS | N | N | + | 78% and 93% of patients were satisfied with time to recover physically and emotionally respectively. |
| Borgen, 1998 |
370 | Ad hoc | CS | N | N | + | 84% of patients reported their cosmetic results as either excellent or acceptable. |
| Frost, 2000 | 572 | Ad hoc | CS | N | Y | + | Overall, 70% of patients were satisfied with their BPM. 69% in the reconstruction group and 100% in the non-reconstruction group were satisfied with their BPM. |
| Metcalfe, 2004 |
37 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | 70% of patients were satisfied with cosmetic results of reconstruction. |
| Contant, 2004 |
61 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | 87% of patients were satisfied with reconstruction. 77% patients were satisfied that breast reconstruction met expectations. |
| Geiger, 2007 |
106 | Ad hoc | CS | N | N | + | 61% of patients were satisfied with their quality of life. |
| Spear, 2008 |
27 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | 100% of patients were satisfied with their reconstruction. |
| Isern, 2008 | 30 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | 69% of patients were satisfied with their reconstruction. |
| Gahm, 2010 |
24 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | 83% of patients reported that aesthetic results exceeded expectations. |
| Gahm, 2010 |
36 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | Median scores revealed that aesthetic satisfaction was high in patients who had round as well as anatomically shaped implants. |
| Brandberg, 2012 |
91 | Ad hoc | PC | Y | N | + | More than 80% of the patients were satisfied with the size of their breasts. |
| Sahin, 2013 |
21 | MBROS-S | CS | Y | N | + | 100% of patients were satisfied with their reconstruction. 90% patients were satisfied with size and shape of their breasts. |
| Hagen, 2014 |
163 | Ad hoc | CS | Y | N | + | More than 50% of the patients were satisfied with size, shape, symmetry and consistency of breasts. |
CS: Case Series. PC: Prospective Cohort. Recon.: Reconstruction. Y: Yes. N: No
+ More than 50% positive results or no significant negative changes over time.
− Less than 50% positive results or no significant positive changes over time.
± Mixed results.