WHY NOT ALL MASTECTOMIZED PATIENTS UNDERGO RECONSTRUCTION IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVALS

Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 2024 , Pages 107-113

Authors

Suzan Fazil Jaber 1 ; Abbas Taher Rashid 2 ; Hemin Othman Sherif 1

1 Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

2 Shar Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI logo 10.17656/jsmc.10456

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Abstract

Background
After mastectomy surgery for breast cancer, most patients want to perform breast reconstruction, but they do
not do this due to reasons such as lack of knowledge and fear of the operation.
Objectives
This study was conducted to investigate the desire to perform breast reconstruction and the level of Satisfaction
of patients who were not performing breast reconstruction.
Materials and Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and November 2018 at the Sulaimaniyah Breast
Center. Data were collected from 173 women who underwent mastectomy to treat breast cancer. Demographic
Information of all people was recorded. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire about
the willingness to perform breast reconstruction surgery and measuring Satisfaction with not performing the
surgery. After collecting the data, in addition to the questionnaire parameters, the effect of economic and
social status and the effect of urban life on the Satisfaction and dissatisfaction of performing or not performing
reconstructive surgery was also compared.
Results
In this study, a questionnaire was taken from 173 women who underwent mastectomy to treat breast cancer.
The results showed that 58 people (35.2%) were satisfi ed with not performing reconstructive surgery. However,
(64.8%) of 107 people were dissatisfi ed with not performing reconstructive surgery. The two groups showed
a signifi cant difference from each other regarding the knowledge about reconstructive surgery (P ≤ 0.01), the
reasons for not performing reconstructive surgery (P ≤ 0.03), and the encouragement of family and friends for
surgery (P ≤ 0.01).
Conclusion
The results of this study showed that dissatisfaction with not performing reconstructive surgery is very high.
Therefore, removing the obstacles and providing timely and appropriate information can improve the decisionmaking process and provide timely action for service recipients.

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