Sexuality, a topic that surgeons should discuss with women before risk-reducing mastectomy and breast reconstruction.

Autor: Dikmans REG; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands., van de Grift TC; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands. Electronic address: t.vandegrift@vumc.nl., Bouman MB; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands., Pusic AL; Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA., Mullender MG; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Breast] 2019 Feb; Vol. 43, pp. 120-122. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 06.
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2018.12.003
Abstrakt: While sexual health is an important aspect of quality of life, sexual issues usually go unaddressed during patient-provider communication. Breast cancer treatments and specifically breast surgery impact women's sexual well-being. However, women do not receive adequate information on this subject. Women who underwent prophylactic mastectomy and breast reconstruction invariably reported that they had underestimated the impact of mastectomy and reconstruction on their sexuality, and expressed a need for information and creating realistic expectations pertaining to sexuality. Therefore, we urge breast surgeons to take the lead in addressing sexuality along with other health-related quality-of-life outcomes during pre-operative consultation.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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