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Article

Quality of life after reduction mammaplasty

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Pages 335-339 | Accepted 10 Jul 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Reduction mammaplasty is a common procedure in plastic surgery. Patients seek the operation for neck and lower back pain, and social and emotional problems. The evaluation of health results based on the patient's opinion has become an important and reliable method for the analysis of alterations resulting from treatment. To evaluate the impact of plastic surgery on the quality of life of patients with mammary hypertrophy we used the SF‐36 standardised questionnaire in a prospective study of 44 patients preoperatively and three and six months postoperatively. There were significant improvements in seven of the eight aspects of the SF‐36 (physical function, physical role, pain, energy, social function, emotional role, and mental health). Only general health was unchanged.

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