Table 3.

Number and Percentage of Women who Reported that Reconstruction was Worse than Expected and Reasons by Reconstruction Method

Reason category	Total (n = 55)	Implant (n = 39)	Autologous (n = 7)
Appearance/feel	28 (50%)	21 (53.8%)	2 (28.6%)
Pain/lack of	14 (25%)	7 (17.9%)	1 (14.3%)
Discomfort/lack of	11 (19.6%)	11 (28.2%)	–
Healing/recovery time	11 (19.6%)	6 (15.4%)	3 (42.9%)
Technical	10 (17.9%)	4 (10.3%)	3 (42.9%)
Emotional well-being	–	–	–

Column n’s do not sum to the column headings because women could provide multiple reasons for why reconstruction did not meet their expectations. Nine of the 55 women who rated reconstruction as worse than expected did not have a confirmed reconstruction method in the dataset. These women were included in the “Total” column.