The data gathered here will be used to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the mammary reduction in patients with macromastia.
The data was gathered using retrospective and follow-up prospective study of a group of patients, consisting of adult women that underwent a breast reduction surgery at the Clinic of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Faculty of Comenius University and at the University Hospital in Bratislava, Ružinov, during the time period between 2000 until May 2014. The data concerning the quality of life of these patients was gathered by using the globally standardized questionnaire "Breast Q questionnaire©" with the separate software system evaluation tool "QScore©". The statistical analysis was conducted using GraphpadPrism program v. 6.01. The total number of respondents consisted of 52 people who were followed-up for up to 12 years.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
52
Surgical removal of excess breast tissue
University Hospital Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Quality of life
Questionnaires about quality of life before and up to 12 years after surgery
Time frame: 2000-2014
Rate of adverse outcomes
Evaluation of rate and types of negative outcomes up to 12 years after elective reduction surgery
Time frame: 2000-2014
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