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. 2016 Jul 18;2016:6085624. doi: 10.1155/2016/6085624

Table 2.

Surgical data for patients undergoing bilateral breast reconstruction.

n (%)
Therapeutic surgery (known disease) 45 (82)
Prophylactic surgery (no known disease) 10 (18)
Immediate reconstruction 41 (75)
 After prophylactic mastectomy 8 (15)
 After therapeutic mastectomy 33 (60)
Delayed reconstruction, mean delay (years) 8 (15)
 After prophylactic mastectomy 2 (3.6)
 After therapeutic mastectomy 6 (11)
Immediate/delayed 6 (11)
Abdominal donor 55 (100)
 DIEP 41 (75)
 TRAM 7 (13)
 SIEA 1 (1.8)
 Combination 6 (11)
Average ischaemic time (mins) 68.57
Recipient vein
 Internal mammary 100 (90)
 Serratus 4 (3.6)
 Thoracodorsal 2 (1.8)
 Additional perforator 4 (3.6)
Recipient artery
 Internal mammary 106 (96)
 Serratus 2 (1.8)
 Thoracodorsal 2 (1.8)
Average flap size (g) 692.25
Peri/post-op blood transfusion 8 (15)
Average hospital stay (days) 7.5
Average follow-up (months) 46.1
Adjuvant chemotherapy only 8 (15)
Adjuvant radiotherapy only 6 (11)
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy 23 (42)