Table 1 Assessment of the cosmetic results respond by patients themselves after surgery objective and subjective assessment (Japanese Breast Cancer Society)
Case 1 | Case 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | 6 months | 1 year | 3 years | |
Breast size | /2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Breast shape | /2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Wound scar | /2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Softness of the breast | /2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Shape and size of nipple-areola | /1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Color of nipple-areola | /1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Level of nipple (difference of distance from the suprasternal notch for bilateral nipples) | /1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The lowest point of the breast (difference of bilateral breasts) | /1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
/12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |