Table 3.
Characteristics of each study included
| Source | No. of breasts | Mean age, y | Mean body mass index | Infections, n (%) | Seromas, n (%) | Hematomas, n (%) | Explantation, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antony et al | ADM | 153 | 44.5* | 23.8 | 5 (3.3) | 11 (7.2) | 3 (2.0) | 9 (5.8) | |
| Control | 2910 | 48.1* | 26.3 | 38 (1.3) | 47 (1.6) | 26 (0.9) | 55 (1.9) | ||
| Chun et al | ADM | 269 | 47 | 25.5 | 24 (8.9) | 38 (14.1) | 6 (2.2) | 16 (5.9) | |
| Control | 146 | 46.2 | 23.8 | 3 (2.1) | 4 (2.7) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.7) | ||
| Lanier et al | ADM | 52 | 51 | 29.8 | 15 (28.9) | 8 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 10 (19.2) | |
| Control | 75 | 50 | 24.7 | 9 (12) | 5 (6.7) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.3) | ||
| Liu et al | ADM | 266 | NA | 24.9 | 18 (6.7) | 19 (7.1) | 1 (0.4) | 13 (4.8) | |
| Control | 204 | NA | 24.8 | 5 (2.4) | 8 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 5 (204) | ||
| Nahabedian | ADM | 100 | 46 | NA | 5 (5) | NA | NA | 2 (2.0) | |
| Control | 376 | NA | NA | 22 (5.85) | NA | NA | 20 (5.3) | ||
| Preminger et al | ADM | 45 | NA | NA | 3 (6.7) | 3 (6.7) | 1 (2.2) | NA | |
| Control | 45 | NA | NA | 1 (2.2) | 2 (4.4) | 0 (0) | NA | ||
| Sbitany et al | ADM | 92 | 48.6 | 26.4 | 4 (8) | 3 (6) | NA | 4 (4.3) | |
| Control | 84 | 51.7 | 28.2 | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | NA | 3 (3.6) |
ADM indicates acellular dermal matrix; BMI, body mass index; NA, not available.
*Median.