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Perception of Implants among Breast Reconstruction Patients in Montreal.

ABSTRACT: Background:In light of the recent surge of media coverage and social media influence regarding breast implants, it is essential to understand patients' concerns and misconceptions so that we can better serve them. Methods:The authors designed a survey study for assessing the awareness and perception of patients toward breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) and breast implant illness (BII). In total, 130 patients presenting to the senior author's breast reconstruction clinic completed the survey. The survey assessed patients' knowledge on and their perception of BIA-ALCL and BII. Results:"News article" and "Television" were most often selected as sources of information for BIA-ALCL (21% and 20%, respectively) and BII (20% and 25%, respectively). A total of 100 patients (77%) had previous knowledge of BIA-ALCL. Forty-seven percent (n = 47/100) responded that they were unsure of the fate of a person diagnosed with BIA-ALCL, and 25% (n = 25/100) were unaware of the association between BIA-ALCL and specific implant type. Patients who were unaware of BIA-ALCL prognosis reported being less likely to receive breast implants in the future (P = 0.012, ?2 = 19.48). Eighty-nine patients (68%) had previous knowledge of BII. A total of 60 symptoms were mentioned by patients, with "Fatigue" (12%, n = 26) being cited the most often. Conclusions:The present survey highlights the importance for plastic surgeons to frequently discuss these entities with their patients. This should be done despite the obscurity of BII, in an effort to offer the best available evidence to our patients.

SUBMITTER: Bouhadana G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7544175 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perception of Implants among Breast Reconstruction Patients in Montreal.

Bouhadana Gabriel G Chocron Yehuda Y Azzi Alain Joe AJ Davison Peter G PG

Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 20200923 9

<h4>Background</h4>In light of the recent surge of media coverage and social media influence regarding breast implants, it is essential to understand patients' concerns and misconceptions so that we can better serve them.<h4>Methods</h4>The authors designed a survey study for assessing the awareness and perception of patients toward breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) and breast implant illness (BII). In total, 130 patients presenting to the senior author's breast ...[more]

PMID: 33133965

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Project description:IntroductionAwareness about dental implants is increasing among dental patients, which demands a higher level of competence for dental students. So, the objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and perception of undergraduate dental students about dental implants.Materials and methodsThis cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted after taking ethical clearance and approval from the Institutional Review Committee of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences and informed consent from each dental college of Nepal. The sample included all those students who were present at the time of survey. Data collection were carried out during the academic schedules of the colleges, supervised, and monitored by the investigators themselves. Collected data were coded, entered in Microsoft excel 2013 and descriptive analysis was carried out.ResultsA majority of the total (54.6%) and 59.2% of 5th year respondents perceived to be moderately well-informed about dental implants. The main advantage of dental implants was thought to be longevity by 53.1% of total and 48.4% of 5th year students; only 27.6% of the total and 42.2% of 5th year students said the main advantage of dental implants is they are more conservative than other tooth-replacement modalities. Highest percentage of the total respondents (31.9%) said most important factor for implant success to be implant type and material, whereas 59.8% of 5th year students said case selection. Those who felt dental implants require additional oral hygiene maintenance and care by the patient and dentist were 58.4% of total and 75.1% of 5th year students. Over two-thirds (67.5%) of total thought that economic feasibility will limit use of dental implants in Nepal. The difficulty encountered to place implants was perceived to be average by 56.8% of total and 58.1% of 5th year. There were differences in the perception and knowledge at different academic levels, but not as expected.ConclusionsIt could not be concluded that knowledge about dental implants increased with increase in academic level. Even at the late-clinical year a majority of students gave unsatisfactory responses.

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