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. 2021 Jul 13;9(7):e3628. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003628

Table 5.

Crude and Adjusted Odds Ratios

Outcome Type of Surgery N Events % OR* 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Any complication Double incision with nipple graft 243 47 19.3 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Periareolar incision 113 36 31.9 1.95 (1.17–3.24) 2.71 (1.37–5.39) 3.14 (1.44–6.84)
Semicircular incision 67 13 19.4 1.00 (0.51–1.99) 1.46 (0.61–3.49) 0.58 (0.15–2.19)
Other techniques 41 8 19.5 1.01 (0.44–2.33) 1.63 (0.54–4.92) 0.51 (0.06–4.38)
Clavien-Dindo III–IV§ Double incision with nipple graft 243 14 5.8 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Periareolar incision 113 19 16.8 3.31 (1.59–6.87) 7.83 (2.61–23.4) 7.40 (2.40–22.9)
Semicircular incision 67 6 9.0 1.61 (0.59–4.36) 3.99 (1.04–15.3) 1.77 (0.31–10.1)
Other techniques 41 3 7.3 1.29 (0.35–4.71) 2.51 (0.43–14.8) 0.00 (0.00–.)
Reoperation <30 days Double incision with nipple graft 243 8 3.3 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Periareolar incision 113 14 12.4 4.15 (1.69–10.2) 7.56 (2.13–26.9) 8.62 (2.38–31.2)
Semicircular incision 67 8 11.9 3.98 (1.44–11.1) 6.49 (1.56–27.0) 2.41 (0.38–15.2)
Other techniques 41 3 7.3 2.32 (0.59–9.13) 4.46 (0.71–28.0) 0.00 NA
Secondary correction Double incision with nipple graft 243 69 28.4 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Periareolar incision 113 74 65.5 4.78 (2.97–7.71) 2.87 (1.54–5.36) 3.19 (1.52–6.69)
Semicircular incision 67 25 37.3 1.50 (0.85–2.65) 0.94 (0.44–1.98) 1.20 (0.45–3.20)
Other techniques 41 13 31.7 1.17 (0.57–2.39) 0.94 (0.35–2.56) 0.28 (0.03–2.36)

*Crude odds ratio.

†Adjusted for age, ADHD, DM, overweight (BMI > 25), period, and smoking.

‡Restricted to last time period (2014–2018) and adjusted for age, ADHD, DM, overweight (BMI > 25), and smoking.

§A complication requiring surgical intervention or a life-threatening complication.

Double incision with nipple graft is superior to periareolar incision in all aspects of complications and also superior to semicircular incision with respect to acute reoperation within 30 days. None of the other pairwise comparison between surgery types were statistically significant.