Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life in DIEAP Flap versus Implant Breast Reconstruction

Table 2

The statistical significance of differences between the two groups. The Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon nonparametric tests allow comparing samples without a normal distribution.

	Reconstructed breast	Overall outcome	Psychosocial well-being	Sexual well-being	Physical well-being	NAC	Information	Surgeon	Medical team	Administrative team
Mann-Whitney	225,500	350,000	383,000	368,000	390,500	112,000	284,000	419,500	358,000	412,000
Wilcoxon	631,500	815,000	848,000	746,000	951,500	265,000	635,000	884,500	823,000	847,000
	−3,169	−2,004	−1,549	−0,386	−1,244	−2,721	−1,744	−1,143	−2,219	−1,194
	0,002	0,041	0,121	0,699	0,214	0,007	0,081	0,253	0,027	0,232