EFFECTS OF REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY ON THE PULMONARY FUNCTION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WITH GIGANTOMASTIA

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.64034

Keywords:

Mammoplasty, Quality of Life, Spirometry, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Nursing.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effects of reduction mammoplasty on the pulmonary function and
quality of life of women with gigantomastia.
Method: Observational study (a case series) that retrospectively analyzed the medical records
of 14 cases of women who underwent reduction mammoplasty in the last 12 months at the
surgical clinic service of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro.
Results: The mean age, height and weight of the women who underwent mammoplasty
were, respectively, 44.5 years, 158 cm and 93.8 kg. Body mass index revealed obesity classes
ranging from I to III. Regarding spirometry, the values of FVC ranged from 92.76% of the
predicted theoretical value before surgery to 94.74% and 91.77%, respectively 30 and 60 days
after surgery.
Conclusion: Reduction mammoplasty can improve women’s quality of life, according to the
reports of the participants. There was no association between mammoplasty and improvement
of the respiratory function.

Author Biographies

Olympio José dos Santos, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Pós-Doutor em Biociências, Doutor em Cirurgia Plástica. Professor associado I da Universidade Federal Fluminense. 

Carlos Lyra da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Professor Associado da Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO. Pós-Doutor em Enfermagem pela Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE.Professor Permanente dos Programas de mestrado e de Doutorado em Enfermagem e Bioci~encias da UNIRIO.

Thiago Quinellato Louro, Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF/PURO

Enfermeiro, Professor Doutor da Universidade Federal Fluminense / UFF. Rio das Ostras (RJ), Brasil.

Daniel Aragão Machado, Universidade Federal do estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

Enfermeiro, Doutor. Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro

João Guilherme Novis de Souza Avellar, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Acadêmico de medicina. Bolsista de Iniciação Científica.

Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

Enfermeiro, Doutor. Professor Associado e Coordenador do programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem e Biociências da Universidade Federa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

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Published

2019-09-02

How to Cite

Santos, O. J. dos, Silva, C. L. da, Louro, T. Q., Machado, D. A., Avellar, J. G. N. de S., & Silva, R. C. L. da. (2019). EFFECTS OF REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY ON THE PULMONARY FUNCTION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN WITH GIGANTOMASTIA. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.64034

Issue

Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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