title: Quality of life after reduction mammaplasty.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil. freiremm@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.forename: Miguel Sabino
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Elvio Bueno
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Marina Rodrigues
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Quaresma
authors.forename: Lydia Masako
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life