Combined Endoscopy-Assisted Muscle-Sparing Latissimus Dorsi Flap Harvesting with Lipofilling Enhancement as a New Volume Replacement Technique in Breast Reconstruction

Table 5

Comparison between patients who underwent NSM and patients who underwent SSM regarding the KNUH questionnaire scores and its elements.

Question number	Questions	NSM (n = 15), mean ± SD	SSM (n = 6), mean ± SD	Total (n = 21), mean ± SD	value
1	Symmetry of the breast	4.13 ± 0.74	3.50 ± 1.05	3.95 ± 0.86	0.134
2	Size of my reconstructed breast	4.27 ± 0.59	3.50 ± 1.05	4.04 ± 0.80	0.04
3	Shape of my reconstructed breast	4.00 ± 0.76	3.50 ± 1.22	3.86 ± 0.91	0.266
4	Feel to touch my reconstructed breast	4.13 ± 0.64	4.16 ± 0.75	4.14 ± 0.65	0.927
5	Pain in my reconstructed breast	4.46 ± 0.64	4.50 ± 0.84	4.48 ± 0.68	0.906
6	Scar of my reconstructed breast	4.40 ± 0.51	3.16 ± 0.75	4.05 ± 0.80	0.001
7	Self-confidence	4.33 ± 0.82	3.50 ± 0.84	4.10 ± 0.89	0.05
8	Sexual attraction	4.20 ± 0.56	3.00 ± 1.26	3.86 ± 0.96	0.006
9	Overall satisfaction	4.33 ± 0.62	3.50 ± 0.84	4.1 ± 0.77	0.021
	Total	4.25 ± 0.44	3.59 ± 0.86	4.04 ± 0.64	0.030

Statistically significant ( value ≤0.05).