title: Systematic review on the patient-reported outcomes of tissue-expander/implant vs autologous abdominal tissue breast reconstruction in postmastectomy breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; PATH Research Institute, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: tsoib@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Bernice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tsoi
authors.affiliation: Second Department of General, Vascular and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Natalia I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Ziolkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thoma
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; PATH Research Institute, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Kaitryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; PATH Research Institute, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; PATH Research Institute, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goeree
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous