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Satisfaction of Patients Who Received Breast-Conserving Surgery Using the Suture Scaffold Technique: A Single-Institution, Cross-Sectional Study

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Abstract

Background

Optimal cosmetic results after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) improve patient satisfaction. The suture scaffold technique (SST) is a breast reconstruction technique that all breast surgeons can perform without any extensive training in plastic surgery.

Objective

We aimed to investigate patient satisfaction after BCS and compare blood loss and operative duration between the SST, breast glandular flap technique (BGFT), and no oncoplastic technique (NOT).

Methods

This was a prospective, single-center, cross-sectional study. All patients who underwent BCS from August 2017 to September 2019 in our institution were included, with the exception of those with cT3 tumors or those who underwent nipple excision or bilateral breast surgery. The BREAST-Q™ was used to survey the patients, and the raw sum scale scores of the BREAST-Q™ were converted into BREAST-Q scores.

Results

Overall, we identified 421 eligible patients. The NOT was used in 47 (11.1%) patients, the BGFT was used in 231 (54.8%) patients, and the SST was used in 143 (33.9%) patients. In the univariable model, the BGFT and the SST had higher BREAST-Q scores than the NOT, while in the multivariable model, the SST had significantly higher BREAST-Q scores than the NOT (ß = +7.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.9–13.7; p = 0.01). Blood loss was significantly less with the SST compared with the BGFT (ß = −4.4, 95% CI −7.3 to −1.4), and there was no difference in operative duration between the methods.

Conclusions

Patient satisfaction with the SST was higher than with the NOT and was similar to the BGFT. The SST is an oncoplastic technique that all breast surgeons can perform and which requires comparable blood loss and operative duration in the NOT.

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Due to the nature of this research, participants in this study did not agree for their data to be shared publicly, therefore supporting data are not available.

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  1. Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgical Oncology, Sagara Hospital, Hakuaikai Medical Corporation, Kagoshima, Japan

    Reiko Mitsueda MD, Anri Gen MD, Yoshitaka Fujiki MD, PhD, Naomi Gondo MD, PhD, Mutsumi Sato MD, Junko Kawano MD, Koichi Kuninaka MD, PhD, Shuichi Kanemitsu MD, PhD, Megumi Teraoka MD, Yoshito Matsuyama MD, PhD, Shinichi Baba MD, Yoshiaki Rai MD, PhD, Yoshiaki Sagara MD & Yasuaki Sagara MD, MPH

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sagara Hospital, Hakuaikai Medical Corporation, Kagoshima, Japan

    Sugako Nomoto MD

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social and Behavioral Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

    Robert Sloan PhD

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Reiko Mitsueda, Anri Gen, Yoshitaka Fujiki, Naomi Gondo, Mutsumi Sato, Junko Kawano, Koichi Kuninaka, Shuichi Kanemitsu, Megumi Teraoka, Yoshito Matsuyama, Shinichi Baba, Sugako Nomoto, Robert Sloan, Yoshiaki Rai, Yoshiaki Sagara, and Yasuaki Sagara have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee at Sagara Hospital in December 2019. Informed consent was obtained from 495 patients for their participation in the survey.

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Mitsueda, R., Gen, A., Fujiki, Y. et al. Satisfaction of Patients Who Received Breast-Conserving Surgery Using the Suture Scaffold Technique: A Single-Institution, Cross-Sectional Study. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 3829–3835 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-11446-y

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