Table 4.

Post-Operative Complications between PMRT before exchange (TE-XRT) versus PMRT after exchange (Implant-XRT)

Complications	TE-XRT (%)	Implant-XRT (%)	p-value*
	N = 104 (69.3%)	N = 46 (30.7%)
Seroma	8 (7.7%)	2 (4.4%)	0.456
Hematoma	4 (3.9%)	1 (2.2%)	0.632
Surgical site infection
Minor (oral antibiotics)	7 (6.7%)	3 (6.5%)	0.962
Major (IV antibiotics ± OR)	7 (6.7%)	5 (10.9%)	0.395
Wound dehiscence	5 (4.8%)	0	0.324
Capsular contracture	3 (2.9%)	1 (2.2%)	0.804
Implant loss	3 (2.9%)	0	0.553
Any complication	32 (30.8%)	11 (23.9%)	0.395
Reconstructive failure	12 (11.5%)	4 (8.7%)	0.900

Abbreviation: OR, operating room.

^*Based on a global test of radiation timing from separate mixed-effects logistic regression models for each complication outcome adjusting for center or Fisher’s exact test.