The purpose of the study was to evaluate breast aesthetics in patients undergoing Chest Wall Perforator Flaps (CWPF) surgery using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS).
All patients (59) who were operated with the use of CWPFs, between 2021-2025, were identified from our database. 44 patients met the inclusion criteria and were administered local PROMS questionnaire during follow-up visits.
Our local questionnaire contains 7 domains and its scope is to assess patient satisfaction with the breasts post treatment with this innovative technique.
All patients responded to our survey. Mean patient’s age was 56.6 years. PROMs showed that most patients were extremely satisfied with the appearance of their breasts after cancer surgery (82.1%). No patient reported poor aesthetic outcome. There is extreme paucity of studies evaluating PROMS related to CWPF technique. Our study highlights the need of assessing aesthetics in breast cancer patients and that CWPFs produces high satisfaction rates.