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Surgical treatment of early breast cancer: what would surgeons choose for themselves?E D Collins
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
Eff Clin Pract 2:149-51. 1999..Whether the persistent use of mastectomy means that women do not understand their options or reflects an informed preference is unknown...- Can women with early-stage breast cancer make an informed decision for mastectomy?E Dale Collins
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:519-25. 2009..The purpose of this study was to measure the degree to which informed women chose mastectomy, and to reveal their reasons for this choice... - The effectiveness of surgical and nonsurgical interventions in relieving the symptoms of macromastiaE Dale Collins
Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:1556-66. 2002..In this population, conservative measures such as weight loss, physical therapy, special brassieres, and medications did not provide effective permanent relief of symptoms... - Measuring health state preferences in women with breast hypertrophyC L Kerrigan
Department of Medicine, and Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 106:280-8. 2000..The reported utility value for breast hypertrophy of 0.86 is much lower than predicted. It is comparable with the reported burden of living with other health conditions, such as moderate angina (0.90) and a kidney transplant (0.84)... - The health burden of breast hypertrophyC L Kerrigan
Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 108:1591-9. 2001..Likewise, a new assessment instrument for breast-related symptoms also demonstrated greater symptomatology in women with breast hypertrophy... - Reduction mammaplasty: defining medical necessityCarolyn L Kerrigan
Section of Plastic Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Med Decis Making 22:208-17. 2002..The authors conclude that medical necessity for breast reduction surgery is better defined by self-report of symptoms than by existing criteria... - Collaborative surgical treatment of breast cancerE Dale Collins
Breast Oncology Program, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Curr Probl Surg 41:138-204. 2004 - The impact of breast reconstruction on the delivery of chemotherapyAmy K Alderman
Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Cancer 116:1791-800. 2010..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of postmastectomy breast reconstruction on the timing of chemotherapy... - An Internet-based utility assessment of breast hypertrophyW T Chang
Department of Surgery and the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 108:370-7. 2001..The study method is recommended as an accurate and cost-effective alternative for measuring quality of life... - Extending the P4P agenda, part 1: how Medicare can improve patient decision making and reduce unnecessary careJohn E Wennberg
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1564-74. 2007..This paper outlines a strategy to achieve informed patient choice as the standard of practice for preference-sensitive care... - Sensitivity and specificity of the Distress Thermometer for depression in newly diagnosed breast cancer patientsMark T Hegel
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Hitchcock MedicalCenter, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Psychooncology 17:556-60. 2008..This study evaluated the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) of the single-item Distress Thermometer (DT) for detecting depression in women newly diagnosed with Stage I-III breast cancer... - Electromyographic assessment of rectus abdominis muscle function after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap surgeryLuc Bottero
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHU Henri Mondor AP-HP, Paris XII University, France
Plast Reconstr Surg 113:156-61. 2004.... - Tissue and plasma levels of endothelin in free flapsLaurent A Lantieri
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital Paris XII University, France
Plast Reconstr Surg 111:85-91. 2003..6 pg/mg, a statistically significant increase. The authors concluded that endothelin-1 levels are elevated in free flaps. This could be an explanation for vasospasm and may lead to therapy directed against the no-reflow phenomenon... - Analysis of breast reduction complications derived from the BRAVO studyBruce L Cunningham
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 115:1597-604. 2005.... - Initial experience with laparoscopic inferior epigastric vessel ligation for delayed transverse rectus abdominus musculocutaneous flap breast reconstructionThadeus L Trus
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Arch Surg 142:362-4. 2007..We report our initial experience with laparoscopic inferior epigastric vessel ligation... - Measuring quality of life in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery: a systematic review of patient-reported outcomes instrumentsAndrea L Pusic
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 120:823-37; discussion 838-9. 2007..Given this, reliable and valid patient questionnaires are essential for aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgeons...