Table 7.
Complication rates in comparative bilateral breast reconstruction literature [1].
| Study | N | TFF n ∗ (%) |
PFF n ∗ (%) |
VC n ∗ (%) |
FN n ∗ (%) |
H n ∗ (%) |
AS n (%) |
AH n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guerra et al. [14] | 140 | 0 | 5 (3.6) | 7 (5) | 30 (21.4) | — | 30 (21.4) | 3 (2.1) |
| Scheer et al. [15] | 32 | 2 (6.3) | 1 (3.1) | 4 (12.5) | 12 (37.5) | 3 (9.4) | 0 | 4 (12.5) |
| Hofer et al. [16] | 44 | 1 (2.3) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (4.6) | 4 (9.1) | 2 (4.6) | — | — |
| Drazan et al. [17] | 55 | 0 | — | 0 | 2 (3.6) | 4 (7.3) | 2 (3.6) | — |
| Rao et al. [18] | 114 | 11 (9.6) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Schaverien et al. [19] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (10) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Our study | 55 | 3 (5.4) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (10.9) | 4 (7.3) | 1 (1.8) | 5 (5.4) | 0 |
TFF: total flap failure; PFF: partial flap failure; VC: vascular complications; FN: fat necrosis of flap; H: haematoma of flap; AS: abdominal seroma; and AH-abdominal hernia.
∗Unit of investigation is the “patient” and not the “flap” as per previous tables.