| |
Pain score
|
Orthosis vs no orthosis
|
Any pain vs no pain
|
|---|
|
All participants (n = 31)1
|
Mean (SD)
|
% change vs no orthosis
|
ANOVA; p-value
|
Chi-square; p-value
|
|---|
|
No orthosis
|
4.8 (1.9)
| | | |
|
Size-1
|
1.4 (1.0)
|
-71
|
<0.0001
|
0.02
|
|
Size-2
|
0.2 (0.4)
|
-96
|
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
|
Size-3
|
0
|
-100
|
<0.0001
|
<0.0001
|
|
Primary augmentation (n = 18)
| | | | |
|
No orthosis
|
4.7 (1.8)
| | | |
|
Size-1
|
1.7 (1.0)
|
-64
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Size-2
|
0.2 (0.4)
|
-96
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Size-3
|
0
|
-100
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Reconstruction (n = 3)
| | | | |
|
No orthosis
|
4.3 (0.6)
| |
0.01
| |
|
Size-1
|
1.0 (0)
|
-77
| | |
|
Size-1
|
0.3 (0.6)
|
-93
|
0.006
| |
|
Size-3
|
0
|
-100
| | |
|
Natural (n = 7)
| | | | |
|
No orthosis
|
4.0 (1.6)
| | | |
|
Size-1
|
1.3 (1.1)
|
-68
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Size-2
|
0.4 (0.5)
|
-90
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Size-3
|
0
|
-100
|
<0.0001
| |
|
Lactating (n = 2)
| | | | |
|
No orthosis/Size-1/2/3
|
8/1.5/0/0
|
-81,-100
| | |
|
Lumptectomy (n = 1)
|
9/0/0/0
|
-100
| | |
|
TramFlap (n = 1)
1
|
0/0/0/0
|
no pain sensation
| | |
- Participants experienced significantly less pain with the orthosis compared to no orthosis.
- 1The patient with the tram-flap reconstruction did not have any sensation in the breast, therefore did not experience any pain. This patient was excluded from the analysis of all patients.
- Ns, not significant; vs, versus.
