Table 5.
| a Complications – Donor Site | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | DIEP n=670 n (%) |
msTRAM n=293 n (%) |
pTRAM n=683 n (%) |
fTRAM n=144 n (%) |
P |
| Abdominal hernia | <.001* | ||||
| Yes | 13 (1.9) | 14 (4.8) | 46 (6.7) | 4 (2.8) | |
| No | 657 (98.1) | 279 (95.2) | 636 (93.3) | 140 (97.2) | |
| Abdominal bulge | <.001* | ||||
| Yes | 18 (2.7) | 15 (5.1) | 74 (10.9) | 5 (3.5) | |
| No | 652 (97.3) | 278 (94.9) | 608 (89.1) | 139 (96.5) | |
| Abdominal bulge or hernia | <.001* | ||||
| Yes | 28 (4.2) | 24 (8.2) | 113 (16.6) | 8 (5.6) | |
| No | 642 (95.8) | 269 (91.8) | 569 (83.4) | 136 (94.4) | |
| Abdominal bulge or hernia requiring surgery |
<.001* | ||||
| Yes | 21 (3.1) | 18 (6.1) | 68 (10.0) | 5 (3.5) | |
| No | 649 (96.9) | 275 (93.9) | 614 (90.0) | 139 (96.5) | |
| b Pairwise Comparisons: Donor Site Complications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | DIEP n=670 (%) |
msTRAM n=293 (%) |
pTRAM n=683 (%) |
fTRAM n=144 (%) |
Χ2 | p |
| Abdominal hernia | ||||||
| Yes | 13 (1.9)a | 4 (4.8)ab | 46 (6.7)b | 4 (2.8)ab | 19.9 | <.001 |
| No | 657 (98.1) | 279 (95.2) | 636 (93.3) | 140 (97.2) | ||
| Abdominal bulge | ||||||
| Yes | 18 (2.7)a | 15 (5.1)a | 74 (10.9)b | 5 (3.5)a | 41.6 | <.001 |
| No | 652 (97.3) | 278 (94.9) | 608 (89.1) | 139 (96.5) | ||
| Abdominal bulge or hernia |
||||||
| Yes | ||||||
| No | 28 (4.2)a | 24 (8.2)a | 113(16.6)b | 8 (5.6)a | 63.8 | <.001 |
| 642 (95.8) | 269 (91.8) | 569 (83.4) | 136 (94.4) | |||
| Abdominal bulge or hernia requiring surgery |
||||||
| Yes | 21 (3.1)a | 18 (6.1)ab | 68 (10.0)b | 5 (3.5)ab | 29.1 | <.001 |
| No | 649 (96.9) | 275 (93.9) | 614 (90.0) | 139 (96.5) | ||
*
Groups with different superscript letters (a, b, c) are significantly different from each other.