Table 3.
Characteristics of Breasts That Developed Seroma
| Incidence of Seroma | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 268) | Yes (N = 50) | P | |
| Age, y, mean ± SD | 51.4 ± 11.8 | 51.9 ± 13.1 | 0.778* |
| BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 26 (7) | 29 (11) | 0.002† |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000‡ |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 27 (10.1) | 3 (6.1) | 0.595‡ |
| Chemotherapy, n (%) | 123 (45.9) | 27 (54.0) | 0.292§ |
| Radiation, n (%) | 61 (22.8) | 15 (30.0) | 0.271§ |
| Mastectomy type, n (%) | 0.011‡ | ||
| Skin sparing | 148 (55.2) | 40 (80.0) | |
| Nipple sparing | 77 (28.7) | 6 (12.0) | |
| Simple | 35 (13.1) | 4 (8.0) | |
| Other | 8 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| STS, n (%) | 55 (20.5) | 6 (12.0) | 0.160§ |
| Mastectomy weight, median (IQR) | 516 (422) | 662 (454) | 0.007† |
| Intraoperative TE fill, median (IQR) | 175 (225) | 200 (275) | 0.949† |
| Final TE fill, mean ± SD | 409 ± 155 | 462 ± 180 | 0.077† |
*
Student t test.
†
Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test.
‡
Fisher exact test for count data.
§
Pearson chi-square test.