Fig. 3
Comparison of postoperative QLQ-BR23 between the surgical groups, analysed with Kruskal–Wallis tests a Body image, b Future perspectives, c Sexual functioning, d Sexual enjoyment, e Symptoms from breast, f Systemic therapy side effects, g Arm symptoms, h Upset by hair loss. PME, partial mastectomy. Box, interquartile range; whiskers, minimum and maximum values excluding outliers; horizontal line, median; X, mean; blue dot, outlier.