. 2017 Jul 19;152(9):e172338. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2338

Table 3. Incidence of 90-Day Complications After Delayed and Secondary Breast Reconstruction According to Receipt of Adjuvant Radiotherapy^a.

Reconstruction Type	No. of Patients	Complication
		SSI		NIWC		SSI or NIWC
		No. (%)	P Value^b	No. (%)	P Value^b	No. (%)	P Value^b
Implant DR
Radiotherapy	34	4 (11.8)	.12^c	2 (5.9)	.64^c	4 (11.8)	.51^c
No radiotherapy	335	17 (5.1)	.12^c	13 (3.9)	.64^c	27 (8.1)	.51^c
Autologous tissue flap ± implant DR
Radiotherapy	85	5 (5.9)	.04	9 (10.6)	.36	14 (16.5)	.43
No radiotherapy	120	18 (15)	.04	18 (15)	.36	25 (20.8)	.43
Implant SR
Radiotherapy	379	24 (6.3)	<.001	22 (5.8)	<.001	41 (10.8)	<.001
No radiotherapy	5286	152 (2.9)	<.001	129 (2.4)	<.001	253 (4.8)	<.001
Autologous tissue flap ± implant SR
Radiotherapy	51	5 (9.8)	.69	1 (2)	.01	6 (11.8)	.19
No radiotherapy	135	16 (11.9)	.69	20 (14.8)	.01	27 (20)	.19

Abbreviations: DR, delayed reconstruction; NIWC, noninfectious wound complication; SR, secondary reconstruction; SSI, surgical site infection.

^{^a}

Adjuvant radiotherapy was administered after mastectomy and before DR or SR.

^{^b}

Calculated using the χ² test, unless otherwise indicated.

^{^c}

Calculated using the Fisher exact test.

Table 3. Incidence of 90-Day Complications After Delayed and Secondary Breast Reconstruction According to Receipt of Adjuvant Radiotherapya.