Impacto da mastectomia radical na sexualidade feminina

Abstract

The breast cancer most commonly known as breast cancer is caused by abnormal and disordered multiplication of breast cells. It is multifactorial and the diagnosis is made through self-examination, clinical examination, mammography and breast biopsy. Mastectomy is a surgical intervention that is performed in many ways and one of the first treatments to be used is a very aggressive and abrupt surgery for female body image. This study aims to analyze the impact of radical mastectomy on female sexuality. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study by means of clippings. Data were collected at the Association of Breast Cancer Carriers (APCAM) of the Hospital das Clinicas (HC) of the Federal University of Goiás. (UFG). The sample consisted of 34 female participants who volunteered to participate in the research, who underwent radical mastectomy, of which 11 did not undergo breast reconstruction and 23 underwent breast reconstruction. The average age of the participants was 30.8 years and the minimum age was 26 years old and the maximum age 74 years old. The results of this study showed that the level of sexual desire of women undergoing radical mastectomy is directly interfered, of the 34 study participants 38% reported feeling very low or no desire level, 35% moderate level, but 12% reported low level and high level and 3% very high. It was also observed that both the radical mastectomy procedure and the other cancer treatments can interfere in the factors that lead to a good sexual performance. After comparing the patients who underwent breast reconstruction and those who had not yet performed the procedure, it was found that 81.1% of the patients who underwent breast reconstruction were very sexually satisfied, while only 26.1% of the women underwent breast reconstruction. who did not perform such a procedure were satisfied. It was concluded that radical mastectomy negatively interferes with female sexuality and that women who underwent the breast reconstruction procedure had better rates related to sexual satisfaction. needs to be further explored with further research.