Table 2.
Rates of Minor Complications for Unilateral and Bilateral Autologous and Implant Breast Reconstruction. (Supplemental Digital Content 2)
| Autologous n=319 | Implant n=825 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unilateral | Bilateral | Unilateral | Bilateral | |
| Minor Complication | n=197 (%) | n=122 (%) | n=343 (%) | n=482 (%) |
| Any Minor Complication* | 53 (26.9) | 36 (29.5) | 32 (9.3) | 62 (12.9) |
| Wound dehiscence | 10 (5.1) | 7 (5.7) | 1 (0.3) | 11 (2.3) |
| Wound infection requiring oral antibiotics | 11 (5.6) | 7 (5.7) | 13 (3.8) | 28 (5.8) |
| Mastectomy skin flap necrosis | 22 (11.2) | 6 (4.9) | 15 (4.4) | 29 (6.0) |
| Hypertrophic or keloid scarring | 0 (0) | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) |
| Wound dehiscence at donor site | 19 (9.6) | 9 (7.4) | – | – |
| Wound infection requiring oral antibiotics at donor site | 9 (4.6) | 9 (7.4) | – | – |
| Hypertrophic or keloid scarring at donor site | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.8) | – | – |
| Abdominal wall bulge, laxity or hernia requiring surgical repair | 0 | 1 (0.8) | – | – |
| Donor site necrosis | 0 | 1 (0.8) | – | – |
| Other Minor Complications | 4 (2.0) | 5 (4.1) | 3 (0.9) | 3 (0.6) |
*
Some patients had more than one complication- for this evaluation complications in individual patients were only counted once.