Table 2.

Imaging and postoperative invasive tumour size for patients offered or denied IBR

	Denied IBR/SSM+DIBR	Offered IBR/SSM+DIBR	p-value (unpaired t-test)
Preoperative size
Mean	42.37mm	28.74mm	0.002
Range	14–75mm	6–60mm
Standard deviation	16.22mm	13.78mm
Postoperative histopathological size
Mean	52.32mm	38.95mm	0.032
Range	10–90mm	7–95mm
Standard deviation	23.16mm	22.95mm

IBR = immediate breast reconstruction; SSM = skin sparing mastectomy; DIBR = delayed-immediate breast reconstruction