Table 3. Comparison of indocyanine green angiographic variables between pure hemi-periareolar incision and conventional lateral radial incision groups.
Complications | Overall (n=61) | Pure hemi-periareolar incision (n=41) | Conventional lateral radial incision (n=20) | P |
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Nipple perfusion time ± SD, seconds | 67.6±63.0 | 79.6±65.8 | 43.2±49.8 | 0.031* |
Nipple perfusion pattern, n (%) | 0.226 | |||
Rapid perfusion | 30 (49.2) | 17 (41.5) | 13 (65.0) | |
Delayed perfusion | 20 (32.8) | 15 (36.6) | 5 (25.0) | |
No perfusion | 11 (18.0) | 9 (22.0) | 2 (10.0) |
SD, standard deviation. *Statistically significant.