Patient Satisfaction Following Breast Reduction

Patient Satisfaction Following Breast Reduction Surgery – Comparison of Inferior Pedicle Wise Pattern and Superomedial pedicle Hall-Findlay Techniques

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000040662

Enrollment

200

Registered

2014-01-16

Start date

2014-02-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Breast reduction surgery improves the quality of life of women with large breasts, with regard to both physical and psychosocial symptoms. At present two very different techniques predominate, with no consensus on whether the choice of operative technique affects patient satisfaction/quality of life (QOL). We aim to perform a prospective randomised cohort study to compare patient satisfaction/QOL following breast reduction using either the inferior pedicle Wise pattern or superomedial pedicle Hall-Findlay technique.

Interventions

Inferior Pedicle Wise Pattern Breast Reduction; technique for bilateral breast reduction surgery, based on inferior pedicle. Approximate duration of surgery 3 hours. Previous reports suggest this technique results in better preservation of nipple sensation, but has greater incidence of breast 'bottoming out' and greater scar burden.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Women undergoing elective reduction mammoplasty at Peninsula Health between 03/02/2014 and 3/2/2018

Exclusion criteria

Patients will be excluded from the study if they have had previous breast surgery or radiotherapy, if they are unable to complete the questionnaire, if they have a BMI >35, if they are planned to have >1000g/breast removed, if they require free nipple grafting, if they require unilateral reduction, if they are <18yo, if they are pregnant, or if they are smokers or quit less than 6 weeks prior to their procedure.

Outcome results