Table 4.

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

Reason category	Total (n=33)	Implant (n = 19)	Autologous Tissue (n = 5 women)
Appearance/feel	27 (80%)	11 (57.9%)	5 (100%)
Pain/lack of	2 (5.7%)	-	-
Discomfort/lack of	1 (2.9%)	-	-
Healing/recovery time	3 (8.6%)	2 (10.5%)	-
Technical	2 (5.7%)	1 (5.3%)	-
Emotional well-being	4 (11.4%)	1 (5.3%)	-

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 33 women who rated reconstruction as better than expected did not have a confirmed reconstruction method in the dataset. These 9 women were included in the “Total” column.