title: Growing pains: the psychological experience of breast reconstruction with tissue expansion.
abstract: The efficacy of tissue expanders in providing additional skin and muscle for breast reconstruction has been demonstrated convincingly and repeatedly. This had led to the increasing use of this technique for certain women desiring reconstruction of the breast following mastectomy for cancer. We report on the psychological experiences of 10 women who underwent breast reconstruction by means of tissue expansion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Goin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goin
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology*; D013524:Surgical Flaps