Table 3.
Complication rate according to incision types.
| Total (%) (n = 290) |
IMF (%) (n = 176) |
Radial (%) (n = 53) |
Periareolar (%) (n = 61) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complication | 78 (26.9) | 33 (18.8) | 19 (35.8) | 26 (42.6) | < 0.001 |
| Infection | 13 (4.5) | 4 (2.3) | 4 (7.5) | 5 (8.2) | 0.057a |
| Skin necrosis | 25 (8.6) | 14 (8.0) | 6 (11.3) | 5 (8.2) | 0.801 |
| Nipple necrosis | 45 (15.5) | 17 (9.7) | 9 (17.0) | 19 (31.1) | < 0.001 |
| (Complete necrosis) | 25 (8.6) | 6 (3.4) | 6 (11.3) | 13 (21.3) | < 0.001 |
| Implant removal | 11 (3.8) | 6 (3.4) | 3 (5.7) | 2 (3.3) | 0.625a |
| Other | 15 (5.2) | 7 (4.0) | 4 (7.5) | 4 (6.6) | 0.454a |
| Surgical treatment | 54 (18.6) | 22 (14.1) | 13 (26.0) | 19 (31.7) | 0.003 |
a
Fisher’s exact test.