Table 2.
Procedure Characteristics
| LD + Immediate Fat Grafting | Free Tissue Transfer | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number or Mean ± S.D. | Percentage or Median (Range) | Number or Mean ± S.D. | Percentage or Median (Range) | ||
| Operative duration (minutes)* | |||||
| Unilateral cases | 294.4 ± 80.3 | 282 (205–403) | 448.1 ± 76.6 | 474 (299–533) | 0.019 |
| Bilateral cases | 482.4 ± 104.7 | 477 (329–666) | 608.0 ± 154.3 | 596 (342–933) | 0.018 |
| Length of stay (days) | 2.6 ± 1.4 | 2 (1–6) | 4.65 ± 1.6 | 4 (2–9) | < 0.001 |
| Drain time (days) | 17.3 ± 5.8 | 16 (10–29) | 16.3 ± 6.3 | 14 (4–34) | 0.341 |
| Mastectomy weight (g) | 956.7 ± 286.8 | 921 (590–1642) | 864.1 ± 336.9 | 817 (183–1788) | 0.161 |
| Volume immediate fat graft (mL) | 188.9 ± 92.2 | 200 (60–420) | — | — | — |
| Presence of breast revision | 20 | 76.9% | 88 | 71.5% | 0.638 |
| No. breast revisions† | 1.15 ± 0.881 | 1 (0–3) | 1.19 ± 1.035 | 1 (0–4) | 0.916 |
| No. donor-site revisions | 0.23 ± 0.59 | 0 (0–2) | 0.78 ± 0.82 | 1 (0–3) | < 0.001 |
| Volume subsequent fat graft (mL) | 194.3 ± 168.4 | 178 (0–580) | 108.8 ± 135.1 | 80 (0–675) | 0.01 |
| Total fat graft volume (mL) | 383.2 ± 174.8 | 355 (100–780) | 108.8 ± 135.1 | 80 (0–675) | 0.01 |
| Requirement of implant | 0 | 0% | 8 | 6.5% | 0.351 |
*Operative duration and length of stay expressed per patient.
†Number of breast revisions excludes nipple reconstruction procedures.
LD, latissimus dorsi.