Table 3.
Minor, Major, and Medical Complications
| LD + Immediate Fat Grafting | Free Tissue Transfer | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
| Minor surgical complication, per breast* | 7 | 26.9% | 32 | 26.0% | 1.000 |
| Donor site‡ | 1 | 3.8% | 9 | 7.3% | 1.000 |
| Delayed wound healing (breast) | 3 | 11.5% | 19 | 15.4% | 0.767 |
| Infection (breast) | 1 | 3.8% | 4 | 3.3% | 1.000 |
| Fluid collection (breast) | 2 | 7.7% | 1 | 0.8% | 0.079 |
| Major surgical complication requiring reoperation, per breast | 1 | 3.8% | 25 | 20.3% | 0.048 |
| Donor site§ | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 4.1% | 0.587 |
| Hematoma (breast) | 1 | 3.8% | 3 | 2.4% | 0.540 |
| Flap loss (breast) | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 3.3% | 1.000 |
| Infection/abscess (breast) | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 3.3% | 1.000 |
| Wound (breast) | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 6.5% | 0.351 |
| Flap thrombosis | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.8% | 1.000 |
| Medical complication requiring readmission† | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 10.6% | 0.336 |
| Patients experiencing any major medical or surgical complication | 1 | 6.3% | 24 | 36.4% | 0.031 |
| Hernia requiring surgical repair† | — | — | 4 | 6.50% | |
*Minor, major, and individual surgical complications analyzed per breast.
†Medical complications and hernia formation analyzed per patient.
‡Minor donor-site complications included infection, seroma, and wound separation.
§Major donor-site complications included infection, hematoma, and wound separation.