Table 3 Results of questionnaire regarding patients’ satisfaction with testicular implant
From: Testicular prostheses in patients with testicular cancer - acceptance rate and patient satisfaction
Question | Eligible (n) | Answer | (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 167 | yes | 50.3 | 41.4%; 59.2% |
Living with permanent partner | 164 | yes | 77.4 | 69.5%; 84.0% |
Time living with implant | 168 | <1 year- 2 years > 2 years | 14.9 | 9.3%; 22.3% |
10.7 | 5.8%; 17.4% | |||
74.4 | 65.7%; 81.8% | |||
Additional surgery after implant insertion | 170 | yes | 4.7 | 2.1%; 9.6% |
Normal appearance with two testicles: important? | 168 | very important | 53.6% | 44.1%; 62.6% |
important | 31.3 | 23.2%; 40.6% | ||
Being offered a prosthesis, preoperatively | 169 | important | 98.2 | 94.2%; 99.6% |
Size of the implant | 164 | too large | 9.8 | 5.0%; 16.3% |
too small | 23.8 | 16.3%; 32.3% | ||
Weight of the implant | 166 | too heavy | 6.6 | 2.9%; 12.5% |
Just right | 91 | 84.4%; 95.2% | ||
Shape of implant | 169 | not right | 15.4 | 9.7%; 22.5% |
Consistence of implant | 164 | too firm | 52.4 | 43.4%; 61.1% |
Position of implant within scrotum | 165 | too high | 30.3 | 22.0%; 39.6% |
Any particular feeling with the implant | 164 | convenient | 16.5 | 10.0%; 24.6% |
inconvenient | 4.3 | 1.5%; 9.7% | ||
strange | 9.1 | 4.6%; 16.0% | ||
Problems with implant during physical exercise | 164 | no | 92.1 | 85.8%; 96.1% |
Concerns about future problems with the implant | 164 | no | 89.0 | 82.7%; 93.6% |
Counseling before implant placement | 164 | too short | 31.1 | 22.7%; 40.5% |
Insufficient | 8.5 | 4.2%: 14.9% | ||
After all, would you have an implant again? | 165 | yes | 86.1 | 79.1%; 91.4% |
Over-all satisfied with implant | 164 | very well | 31.1 | 22.2%; 41.0% |
satisfied | 52.4 | 42.1%; 62.4% | ||
just so | 12.2 | 6.5%; 20.0% | ||
no | 4.3 | 7.4%; 1.2% |