Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 509-518 , May 2007

Post-mastectomy reconstruction: a comparative analysis on psychosocial and psychopathological outcomes

  • Corrado Rubino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea Figus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr Andrea Figus, Via Pasteur 1, Cagliari, 09126, Sardinia, Italy. Tel.: +39 3355874800; fax: +39 06491525.
    • ,
  • Liliana Lorettu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
    • ,
  • Giampiera Sechi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Received 30 November 2005 ,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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☆ Presented in part at the VIIIth Congress of Italian and American Plastic Surgeons, Ischia, Italy, 6–8 June 2002 and at the British Association of Plastic Surgeons Summer Meeting, Newport, South Wales, UK, 2–4 July 2003.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00470-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.06.013

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 509-518 , May 2007

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