. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Dec;128(6):581e–589e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318230c122

Table 6. DIEP vs. MS FTRAM Patient and Reconstruction Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes.

	DIEP N=157	MS FTRAM N=71	p-value
Body Mass Index, mean (mg/kg²)	26.9 ± 5.5	27.5 ± 6.2	0.55
Age, mean (years)	50.9 ± 9.3	50.4 ± 8.8	0.59
Any Medical Co-morbidity	62 (39.5%)	25 (35.2%)	0.54
Number of Perforators
• 1	44 (28.0%)	5 (9.1%)	0.0001
• 2	67 (42.7%)	16 (29.1%)
• ≥3	46 (29.3%)	34 (61.8%)
Harvest Type
• Medial DIEA Branch	80 (51.0%)	40 (56.3%)	0.45
• Lateral DIEA Branch	77 (49.0%)	31 (43.7%)
Complications
• Fat Necrosis	16 (10.2%)	8 (11.3%)	0.81
• Partial Flap Necrosis	5 (3.2%)	2 (2.8%)	1.0
• Fat Necrosis / Partial Flap Necrosis	21 (13.4%)	10 (14.1%)	0.89
• Any Complication	31 (19.7%)	14 (19.7%)	1.0

DIEP, Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap; MS FTRAM, Muscle-Sparing Free Transverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Flap; DIEA, Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery.