Postoperative breast function and quality of life follow-up study in patients with plasma cell mastitis: a 1-year longitudinal analysis - Takeaways - MDSpire

Postoperative breast function and quality of life follow-up study in patients with plasma cell mastitis: a 1-year longitudinal analysis

  • By

  • Yining Ren

  • Wei Xing

  • Shurong Wang

  • Zhao Xu

  • Zixing Gong

  • Xuhui Qin

  • June 16, 2026

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    The study evaluated 142 women with plasma cell mastitis undergoing surgery, assessing breast function and quality of life over 12 months.

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    Significant improvements were observed in breast appearance satisfaction, pain intensity, and upper extremity function at 6 and 12 months post-surgery.

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    BREAST-Q scores increased from 42.38 to 68.74, pain scores decreased from 5.82 to 1.45, and Quick-DASH scores improved from 38.67 to 12.89.

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    The SF-36 Physical Component Summary score rose from 38.45 to 48.76, indicating enhanced health-related quality of life.

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    89.4% of patients achieved minimal clinically important differences in appearance satisfaction, 92.3% in pain, and 85.2% in function by 12 months.

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Postoperative breast function and quality of life follow-up study in patients with plasma cell mastitis: a 1-year longitudinal analysis

  • by Yining Ren, Wei Xing, Shurong Wang, Zhao Xu, Zixing Gong, Xuhui Qin

  • June 16, 2026

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