title: Modifications in the psychological and behavioural structure of women after mastectomy.
abstract: The authors report a psychological equiry carried out by interviews and tests on mastectomised patients to find out the psycho-effective and behavioural implications related to this type of mutilation, to the type of preoperative information and to the relation with the doctor in charge, also to an eventual morphological reconstruction of the breast. They also analyse the relation between the objective result evaluated by the surgeon and the subjective evaluation of the patient. Some results of breast reconstruction are presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Turin.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Triacca
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varetto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balocco
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nicoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000523:psychology; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations