Changes in Spinal Alignment of Women Who Underwent Unilateral Mastectomy with Immediate Autologous Breast Reconstruction Compared To Mastectomy without Breast Reconstruction

The Influence of External Breast Prostheses on the Body Postures of Women Who Have Undergone Mastectomies

“…Among the recently discussed breast cancer issues is the postural control assessment in women after mastectomy [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. A review of the above-mentioned publications indicated that the undertaken research was concerned with the impact of mastectomy on body static conditions [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ] and body posture of women who had received mastectomies [ 7 , 10 , 18 , 19 ,…”

“…The results of several scientific reports indicate that mastectomies may cause body posture disorders such as asymmetry in the trunk in the frontal plane [ 18 , 21 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ], asymmetry in the shoulder girdle [ 23 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ], the curvature of the spine [ 18 , 30 , 34 , 48 ], anterior–posterior [ 10 , 19 , 24 , 27 , 41 ] deepening of thoracic kyphosis [ 11 , 23 , 34 , 41 , 47 ], deepening of lumbar lordosis [ 47 ], and pelvic abnormalities [ 10 ]. Researchers are currently trying to answer questions surrounding whether the body postures of women after mastectomy depend on which side of the body was operated on [ 7 , 19 , 20 , 32 , 34 , 47 ], the type of procedure performed [ 20 , 21 , 24 , 34 , 39 ], lymphedema [ 26 , 27 , 31 ], the time elapsed since the procedure [ 21 ], breast reconstruction [ 22 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 33 , 40 ], and type reconstruction [ 25 ] as well as the ...…”