Abstract: This paper summarizes the application and prospect of decision aids in breast reconstruction, including the concept of decision aids and the influences of different forms of decision aids on patients' decision-making for breast reconstruction, and gives suggestions regarding the development of decision aids for breast reconstruction in China, in order to enhance patients' active participation in the decision-making process of breast reconstruction and promote shared decision-making in breast reconstruction.

Key words: breast reconstruction; decision aids; shared decision-making; decision conflict; decision regret