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Patients’ Question-Asking About Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BI-ALCL) and Breast Implant Illness (BII): Implementing Questions in BREAST-Q

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There has been recently heightened media-driven attention to BII and BI-ALCL. Nowadays the importance of receiving correct and complete evidence-based information about these diseases and the potential impact of these emerging issues on disposition to receive breast implants are not investigated on BREAST-Q. The BREAST-Q survey has the potential to create an evidence-based approach to aesthetic surgical practice. We suggest implementing the BREAST-Q subthemes domain in order to investigate the degree of satisfaction about the education received concerning BII and BI-ALCL and to investigate the possible change of patient perception towards breast implants.

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  1. Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Medical Area (DAME), Academic Hospital of Udine, University of Udine, c/o S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, piazzale santa maria della misericordia 15, 33100, Udine, Italy

    Nicola Zingaretti, Sebastiano Mura, Glenda Giorgia Caputo & Pier Camillo Parodi

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Zingaretti, N., Mura, S., Caputo, G.G. et al. Patients’ Question-Asking About Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BI-ALCL) and Breast Implant Illness (BII): Implementing Questions in BREAST-Q. Aesth Plast Surg 46, 2618–2620 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-022-02779-w

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