Table 3. Mean volume of the excised breast tissues and tumor location according to surgical technique used.
| Type of reconstruction | n | % | Tumor location (n) |
Mean excised volume (g) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOQ | UIQ | LOQ | LIQ | Whole | ||||
| Lateral thoracodorsal flap | 22 | 10.2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 |
| Thoracoepigastric flap | 8 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 95.4 |
| ICAP flap | 29 | 13.4 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 98.8 |
| TDAP flap | 20 | 9.3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99.2 |
| LD myocutaneous flap | 137 | 63.4 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 181.0 |
| Total | 216 | 124 | 39 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 148.4 | |
UOQ, upper outer quadrant; UIQ, upper inner quadrant; LOQ, lower outer quadrant; LIQ, lower inner quadrant; ICAP, intercostal artery perforator; TDAP, thoracodorsal artery perforator; LD, latissimus dorsi.