Preserving Nipple Sensitivity after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Patient reported outcomes.

	No. of patients	No. of patients reporting level of sensation
		Normal	Maintained	Decreased	Poor	Overall maintained	Absent
Eichler et al.	143	22	.	28	.	50	93
Franceschini et al.	177	.	69	.	.	69	108
Gahm et al.	46	0	.	29	.	29	17
Glaumann et al.	72	12	.	35	.	47	25
Nahabedian et al.	12	.	.	5	.	5	7
Ou et al.	42	24	.	7	9	41	.
Pan et al.	41	0	.	3	29	32	9
Petit et al.	972	.	146	.	.	146	826
Shaffer et al.	40	.	2	7	5	14	26
van Verschuer et al.	20	2	.	18	.	20	.
	No. of patients reporting sensation	61	217	132	43	453	1110
	Total patients	364	1149	376	123	1565	1565
	Overall (%)	16.6%	18.9%	35.2%	34.9%	29.0%	70.9%