Table 7.

Prevention of surgical site complications, postoperative compression garments, thromboembolic events prophylaxis, drains management.

At your center, are devices used for prophylactic prevention of surgical site complications?
	%	N	tot responders
Yes	46,48 %	33
No	53,52 %	38	71
If you answered NO to the previous question, can you please provide the reason?
Because I do not consider them beneficial	20,00 %	4	20 su 38
Because they are not provided by my institution (not reimbursable)	60,00 %	12
For me, the cost does not justify the potential clinical benefit	10,00 %	2
Other (specify)	10,00 %	2
In which types of procedures do you use the aforementioned devices? (multiple answers possible)
Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction	56,86 %	29	51
Retropectoral Breast Reconstruction	41,18 %	21
Symmetrization procedures	25,49 %	13
The site of autologous flap harvest.	25,49 %	13
Conservative oncoplastic surgery	37,25 %	19
At your center, are postoperative compression garments used?
Adjustable compression bra ± band	63,38 %	45
Sports bra	21,13 %	15
Bra + dressing	14,08 %	10
Nothing	1,41 %	1
At your center, is a protocol for thromboembolic events prophylaxis in use?
Yes	95,77 %	68	71
No	4,23 %	3
At your center, typically how many drains do you use in mastectomy with prepectoral implant-based reconstruction without axillary clearance?
No drains	2,82 %	2	71
1	69,01 %	49
2	28,17 %	20
3	0,00 %	0
>3	0,00 %	0
When do you typically remove them, in case of prepectoral reconstruction (without axillary clearance)?
I day postop	1,41 %	1	71
II-III days postop	2,82 %	2
IV—VII days postop	1,41 %	1
More than VII days postop	8,45 %	6
I decide based on the output (<50 ml/day).	32,39 %	23
I decide based on the output (<30 ml/day).	53,52 %	38