Table 2.

Postoperative complications

	Flap fixation	Historical control	p
	N = 92	N = 88
Any complication	39.1 %	63.6 %	0.001
Seroma	35.9 %	59.1 %	0.002
Seroma requiring aspiration	15.2 %	43.2 %	<0.001
Number of aspirations	0 (0–0)	0 (0–1)	<0.001
Hematoma	5.4 %	1.1 %	0.21
SSI	12.0 %	17.0 %	0.33
Pneumothorax	0.0 %	1.1 %	0.49