Table 3. Complication rates in autologous reconstruction.
| Publication | Total patients | Total flaps | Mastectomy skin flap necrosis, N (%) | Hematoma, N (%) | Seroma, N (%) | Infection, N (%) | Donor site* complication, N (%) | Abdominal wall* laxity/hernia, N (%) | Delayed donor* site healing, N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blondeel et al. 1999 (15) | 87 | 100 | 1 (1.0) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (3.0) | − | 1 (1.0) | 2 (2.0) |
| Chang et al. 2000 (16) | 718 | 936 | 96 (10.3) | 16 (1.7) | 38 (4.1) | 17 (1.8) | 106 (14.8) | 41 (5.7) | 11 (1.5) |
| Gill et al. 2004 (17) | 609 | 758 | − | 14 (1.8) | 35 (4.6) | 21 (2.8) | 103 (13.6) | 5 (0.7) | − |
| Mehrara et al. 2006 (18) | 952 | 1,195 | − | 19 (1.6) | − | 110 (9.2) | − | 29 (3.0) | − |
| Selber et al. 2006 (19) | 500 | 569 | 17 (3.0) | 3 (0.5) | 7 (1.2) | 20 (3.5) | − | 11 (1.9) | 19 (3.3) |
| Damen et al. 2013 (20) | 285 | 406 | 15 (3.7) | 19 (4.7) | − | 7 (2.5) | − | 10 (3.5) | 13 (4.6) |
| Fischer et al. 2013 (21) | 849 | 1,303 | − | − | 45 (3.9) | 64 (7.5) | − | 29 (3.4) | 154 (18.2) |
*, percentage reported using number of patients as denominator.