Table 2.
Demographics - Surgical
| Variable | DIEP n=670 n (%) |
msTRAM n=293 n (%) |
pTRAM n=683 n (%) |
fTRAM n=144 n (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unilateral | 383 (57.2) | 185 (63.1) | 541 (79.2) | 114 (79.2) | <.001* |
| Bilateral | 286 (42.8) | 108 (36.9) | 142 (20.8) | 30 (20.8) | |
| Timing | <.001* | ||||
| Immediate | 389 (58.2) | 190 (65.1) | 482 (70.7) | 103 (71.5) | |
| Delayed | 248 (37.1) | 99 (33.9) | 191 (28.0) | 40 (27.8) | |
| Both | 31 (4.6) | 3 (1.0) | 9 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Mesh | <.001* | ||||
| Yes | 123 (18.5) | 159 (54.3) | 232 (35.3) | 47 (32.9) | |
| No | 543 (81.5) | 134 (45.7) | 426 (64.7) | 96 (67.1) | |
| Suture | <.001* | ||||
| Absorbable only | 94 (14.3) | 18 (6.2) | 30 (4.6) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Non-absorbable only | 284 (43.2) | 102 (35.2) | 205 (31.2) | 38 (26.4) | |
| Both | 280 (42.6) | 170 (58.6) | 422 (64.2) | 105 (72.9) | |