Table 2. Raw data showing the complications.
| Author | Reconstruction type | Patients | Totalcomplications | Hematomas | Seromas | Infections | E/I loss | Totalflap loss | Reoperations | ||||||||
| NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | NAC | Control | ||
| Donker, 2011 | E/I | 48 | 215 | 7/48 | 62/215 | 0/48 | 11/215 | 1/48 | 4/215 | 4/48 | 29/215 | 4/48 | 23/215 | NA | NA | 6/48 | 55/215 |
| Jiménez-Puente, 2011 | E/I | 13 | 102 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7/13 | 19/102 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Radovanovic, 2010 | E/I | 42 | 172 | 4/42 | 31/172 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3/42 | 9/172 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Schaverien, 2013 | Auto | 33 | 62 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1/33 | 1/62 | NA | NA | 1/33 | 1/62 | NA | NA |
| Azzawi, 2010 | E/I, Auto | 58 | 140 | NA | NA | 0/58 | 1/140 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5/58 | 13/140 |
| Zweifel-Schlatter, 2010 | Auto | 49 | 58 | NA | NA | 3/49 | 2/58 | 2/49 | 3/58 | 3/49 | 5/58 | NA | NA | 2/49 | 1/58 | NA | NA |
| Liu, 2009 | E/I | 12 | 63 | 3/12 | 19/63 | 1/12 | 3/63 | 0/12 | 2/63 | 1/12 | 2/63 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Godfrey, 1995 | Auto | 11 | 10 | 2/11 | 6/10 | NA | NA | 0/11 | 1/10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Hu, 2011 | E/I, Auto | 42 | 214 | 15/42 | 80/214 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Peled, 2010 | E/I, Auto | 57 | 65 | NA | NA | 5/57 | 1/65 | NA | NA | 13/57 | 16/65 | 8/31 | 8/45 | NA | NA | 19/57 | 18/65 |
Abbreviations: Auto, autologous; E/I, expander/implant; NA, not available; NAC, neoadjuvant chemotherapy.