Clinical trial · Observational
Psychological Effects of Implant Loss
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Previous quality of life studies have suggested that long term satisfaction with breast reconstruction may be affected by postoperative complications. Complication frequencies, especially the risk for implant loss, is considerably higher in immediate than in delayed breast reconstruction. Knowledge about how implant loss affects the patient's experience of her breast reconstruction can guide us in the choice between immediate and delayed breast reconstruction in high risk patients and help us better prepare the patients for possible complications. This study will investigate patients' experiences with losing an implant in connection with immediate breast reconstruction.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Female | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- label
- Interviewed -implant loss
- description
- Patients who have had immediate breast reconstruction and lost the implant due to for example infection.
- label
- Questionnaires - implant loss
- description
- Patients who have had immediate breast reconstruction and lost the implant due to for example infection.
- label
- Questionnaires - controls
- description
- Patients who have had immediate breast reconstruction without complications
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Experiences and psychological effects of implant loss after immediate breast reconstruction
- timeFrame
- 10 years
- description
- Interviews
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Biological women * Age \>18 years * Have lost an implant after a mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to give informed consent * inability to speak and understand Swedish * relapse of breast cancer after the reconstruction * metastatic disease * psychiatric co-morbidity.
References
Publications (2)
- RESULTWeick L, Ericson A, Sandman L, Bostrom P, Hansson E. Patient experience of implant loss after immediate breast reconstruction: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Health Care Women Int. 2023 Jan;44(1):61-79. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1944152. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID 34427538
- RESULTWeick L, Lunde C, Hansson E. The effect of implant loss after immediate breast reconstruction on patient satisfaction with outcome and quality of life after five years - a case-control study. J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2023 Feb-Dec;57(1-6):263-270. doi: 10.1080/2000656X.2022.2061501. Epub 2022 Apr 15. PMID 35427208