The effect of counselling on physical disability and social recovery after mastectomy.

摘要: Abstract A controlled trial was conducted to determine if a specialist nurse improved the physical and social recovery of patients after mastectomy helped them adapt breast loss. Seventy five were counselled by who also monitored their progress discharge while 77 received care normally given surgical unit. Twelve eighteen months surgery those showed greater recovery, return work, adaptation loss satisfaction with prostheses. Eleven percent remained distressed but most responded well reconstruction. The had little impact on disability. morbidity found in control group highlights need find ways reducing it. While appointment can achieve this would probably be much reduced conserved when possible, reliable staging methods other than axillary clearance developed adverse effects cytotoxic drugs radiotherapy reduced.