TABLE 1.
Mean radiation dose measured from the vicinity of the metallic port of the tissue expander, and corresponding locations over the non-port-containing permanent saline implant
| Location |
Dose around, cGy
|
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tissue expander with port | Saline implant without port | ||
| 6 MV photons | |||
| Over port | 208.2 | 210.4 | 0.61 |
| Medial/lateral to port | 205.7 | 206.6 | 0.86 |
| Inferior to port | 204.9 | 205.3 | 0.97 |
| 18 MV photons | |||
| Over port | 211.0 | 205.9 | 0.33 |
| Medial/lateral to port | 196.3 | 200.6 | 0.40 |
| Inferior to port | 196.0 | 194.8 | 0.69 |
| 9 MeV electrons | |||
| Over port | 190.6 | 188.3 | 0.57 |
| Adjacent to port | 171.4 | 168.9 | 0.70 |
| 12 MeV electrons | |||
| Over port | 190.1 | 188.5 | 0.64 |
| Adjacent to port | 187.1 | 178.8 | 0.15 |
*
Two-sided t test