Table 1.

Postoperative Complication Variables Recorded, Categorized Based on Donor or Recipient Site

Variable	Description
Donor site and breast variables
Mild skin necrosis	Surgeon defined as superficial skin necrosis/sloughing
Fat necrosis
Hematoma
Infection	Cellulitis, UTI, skin infection, and pseudomonas
Wound dehiscence
Other wound healing problems	Hypertrophic scarring, excessive bruising, overgranulation, blistering, and delayed wound healing
Donor site specific variables
Abdominal bulge	Palpable abdominal mass
Breast specific variables
Flap congestion	Venous or arterial, diagnosed with Doppler or during postoperative surgical exploration
Flap failure	Necessary removal of DIEP flap