Table 2.
Two-Year Postoperative Complication Rates by Reconstruction Laterality and Procedure Type
| Unilateral |
Bilateral |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implant | Autologous | p1 | Implant | Autologous | p1 | |
| No. patients | 600 | 317 | 994 | 214 | ||
| Overall complication | 145 (24.2%) | 147 (46.4%) | <.001 | 287 (28.9%) | 123 (57.5%) | <.001 |
| Major complication | 105 (17.5%) | 87 (27.4%) | <.001 | 215 (21.6%) | 81 (37.9%) | <.001 |
| Reconstructive failure | 41 (6.83%) | 4 (1.26%) | 0.001 | 74 (7.44%) | 4 (1.87%) | 0.009 |
1.
p-value is based on mixed-effects logistic regression model accounting for clustering within centers.