Abstract: Introduction: The BREAST-Q (breast reduction module) is a specific and validated questionnaire to evaluate breast reduction in the treatment of symptomatic macromastia, offering information on their quality of life and degree of satisfaction.
Methods: Prospective study of a cohort of 34 patients treated by bilateral breast reduction in a breast unit in 2017?2020 surveyed with the Spanish version of BREAST-Q version 2. The statistical study to assess the effect of reduction, changes from the pre to postoperative scores of the domains were performed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Statistical significance was determined with p values ??<0.05.
Results: The mean time elapsed from surgery to the postoperative survey was 16 (SD 9) months. Post-surgical complications or sequelae occurred in 14 (42%) patients with 23 events. The preoperative scores, median and interquartile range, in satisfaction with the breasts (28, 26), psychological (33, 14), physical (42, 19) and sexual (34, 14) well-being improved in the postoperative survey to (82, 15), (81.29), (82, 30) and (90, 38), respectively. These changes were statistically significant, p?
