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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Nov;146(5):964–975. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007239

Table 2.

Overview of post-operative complications.

Outcome Total (%) Unilateral (%) Bilateral (%) p

Breast Complication
 Total Flap Loss 2 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.8) 0.18
 Partial Flap Loss 8 (2.0) 6 (2.6) 2 (1.8) 0.27
 Fat Necrosis 65 (16.1) 39 (16.7) 26 (15.2) 0.40
 Mastectomy Skin-Flap Necrosis 75 (18.5) 47 (20.1) 28 (16.4) 0.21
 Hematoma 28 (6.9) 18 (7.7) 10 (5.9) 0.30
 Seroma 11 (2.7) 5 (2.1) 6 (3.5) 0.29
 Major Infection 7 (1.7) 3 (1.3) 4 (2.3) 0.33
 Minor Infection (Cellulitis) 12 (3.0) 6 (2.6) 6 (3.5) 0.39
 Delayed Wound Healing 8 (2.0) 5 (2.1) 3 (1.8) 0.33
Donor-Site Complication
 Delayed Wound Healing 20 (4.9) 5 (2.1) 15 (8.8) < 0.01*
 Wound Dehiscence 9 (2.2) 3 (1.3) 6 (3.5) 0.12
 Infection 10 (2.5) 3 (1.3) 7 (4.1) 0.07
 Seroma 6 (1.5) 3 (1.3) 3 (1.8) 0.50
 Abdominal Hernia or Bulge 23 (5.7) 12 (5.1) 11 (6.4) 0.36
*

Statistically significant (p < 0.05).