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. 2021 Oct 29;2021(10):CD013658. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013658.pub2

13. Complications: O‐BCS of those compared to S‐BCS.

Study Wound infection Flap necrosis Dehisence Fat necrosis Seroma Skin Haematoma Bleeding Needed surgery
Acea‐Nebril 2017‐VD 1 (0.5%) 4 (2.3%) 3 (1.7%) 4 (2.3%) 3 (1.7%) (1.7%) ‐ bleeding only
Acea‐Nebril 2005‐VD 2 (4%) 3 (6%) 3 (6%) 4 (8%)
Acosta‐Marin 2014‐VD 1 (1.9%) 1 (1.9%) 1 (1.9%)
Amitai 2018‐VD 15 (22%)
Angarita 2020‐VD 209 (2.3%) 67 (0.7%) 22 (0.3%)
Carter 2016‐VD 45 (4.8%) 126 (13.4%) 18 (1.9%)
Chauhan 2016 (1)‐VD and VR 4 (7%) 2 (3.5%) 1 (1.8%) 1 (1.8%)
Chauhan 2016 (2)‐VD and VR 1 (3.67%) 1 (3.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (3.7%)
Jiang 2015‐VD 1 (3.3%) 3 (10%)
Tang 2016‐VD and VR 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 10 (15%) 10 (15%) 3 (4.48%) 0 (0%)
Crown 2019‐VD 15 (3.3%) 14 (3.1%) 8 (1.8%) 2 (0.4%)
DeLorenzi 2016 (1)‐Both 13 (2.8%) 6 (1.3%) 16 (3.5%) 12 (2.6%) 11 (2.4%)
Dolan 2015‐VD and VR 5 (7%)
Down 2013‐VD and VR 2 (5.4%) breakdown only
Gicalone 2007 (1)‐VD 21 (67%) 5 (16%) 2 (6.45%)
Gicalone 2007 (2)‐VD 2 (5.13%) 1 (2.6%) 1 (2.6%)
Gicalone 2015‐VD 4 (9.52%) 2 (4.8%) 1 (2.4%)
Keleman 2019‐VD 8 (2.3%) 3 (0.9%) 2 (0.57%) 5 (1.4%) 2 (0.6%)
Kimball 2018‐VD 17.7 (2.5%) 33.3 (4.7%) 6.4% (includes seroma) < 1%
Mazouni 2013 ‐ VD 4 (2%)
Nakada 2019‐VR 68 (16%)
Palsodittlir 2018‐VD and VR 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Scheter 2019‐VD 2 (16.7%) 1 (8.3%) 0
Tenofsky 2014‐VD 5 (8.6%) 4 (6.9%) 15 (25.9%) 10 (17.2%) 21 (36.2%) 10 (17.2%)
Wijgman 2017‐VD 11 (4%) 17 (6.2%) 31 (11.4%) 6 (1.9%)
Zhou 2019‐VR 3 (9.3%) 0 (0%) 3 (9.3%)

O‐BCS: oncoplastic breast‐conserving surgery
S‐BCS: standard breast‐conserving surgery
VD: volume displacement
VR: volume replacement