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Infection rates and explantation
| No AlloDerm | AlloDerm | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expander | Implant | Total | Expander | Implant | Total | Overall total | P | |
| Number of cases | 197 | 49 | 246 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 321 | |
| Readmission for intravenous antibiotics | 5 (2.5%) | 2 (4.1%) | 7 (2.8%) | 1 (4.0%) | 3 (6.0%) | 4 (5.3%) | 11 (3.4%) | .291* |
| Explantation due to infection, seroma, or extrusion | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (2.0%) | 4 (1.6%) | 1 (4.0%) | 5 (10%) | 6 (8.0%) | 10 (3.1%) | .013* |
*Fisher exact test comparing No AlloDerm group to AlloDerm group.
