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  • Title: [Psychosocial effects of plastic surgery reconstruction of the female breast following amputation for malignant/benign tumor].
    Author: Frischenschlager O, Balogh B, Predovic M.
    Journal: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol; 1990 Nov; 40(11):441-7. PubMed ID: 2287710.
    Abstract:
    A total of 98 woman (malignant/benign tumors of the breast, mastectomy with/without subsequent reconstructive surgery as well as healthy controls) were examined in terms of subjective well-being, psychosomatic reaction patterns, subjective impairment due to mastectomy and satisfaction with the outcome of reconstructive surgery in this empiric retrospective study. In addition, numerous sociographic data were obtained. On the average, the examined women were satisfied with the outcome of reconstructive surgery and tended to be disappointed with regard to the desired psychosocial improvement. Objective tests demonstrate that subjective well-being was less favorable after reconstructive breast surgery than in women without reconstruction. In the group "benign tumor with subsequent reconstruction" the reaction to emotional strain was significantly more characterized by regressive behavior and withdrawal than in the group "benign tumor without reconstruction". In the group "malignant tumor with reconstruction" this difference was less pronounced. On the basis of these results we cannot confirm the assumption that reconstructive surgery of the breast has a supportive function.
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