Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the patients by the breast implants.
| Variables | Values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebbin® Sublimity (n = 1072) |
BellaGel® SmoothFine (n = 944) |
Motiva Ergonomix™ (n = 312) |
Mentor® MemoryGel™ Xtra (n = 152) |
BellaGel® Smooth (n = 84) |
Eurosilicone Round Collection™ (n = 36) |
Natrelle® INSPIRA™ (n = 12) |
|
| Age (years old) | 31.01 ± 7.26 | 30.81 ± 8.44 | 34.19 ± 8.62 | 28.82 ± 7.83 | 40.62 ± 11.43 | 33.00 ± 6.93 | 45.33 ± 3.21 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Women | 1072 (100.00%) | 944 (100.00%) | 312 (100.00%) | 152 (100.00%) | 84 (100.00%) | 36 (100.00%) | 12 (100.00%) |
| Height (cm) | 162.64 ± 4.94 | 161.77 ± 10.81 | 163.58 ± 5.09 | 160.74 ± 5.18 | 163.11 ± 6.00 | 161.67 ± 4.82 | 159.67 ± 2.52 |
| Weight (kg) | 51.15 ± 5.56 | 51.43 ± 6.01 | 52.29 ± 5.78 | 50.37 ± 6.70 | 55.70 ± 9.02 | 50.00 ± 6.76 | 42.00 ± 1.73 |
|
FU period
(months) |
12.12 ± 0.73 | 12.19 ± 0.27 | 12.68 ± 0.58 | 12.71 ± 0.36 | 12.67 ± 0.29 | 12.89 ± 0.04 | 12.77 ± 0.66 |
| Purpose of surgery | |||||||
| Aesthetic augmentation mammaplasty | 1072 (100.00%) | 944 (100.00%) |
312 (100.00%) | 152 (100.00%) | 84 (100.00%) | 36 (100.00%) | 12 (100.00%) |
| Mode of incision | |||||||
| Trans-axillary incision | 1036 (96.64%) | 868 (91.95%) | 268 (85.90%) | 144 (94.74%) | 56 (66.67%) | 36 (100.00%) | 8 (66.67%) |
| IMF incision | 16 (1.49%) | 68 (8.62%) | 28 (8.97%) | 8 (5.26%) | 4 (4.76%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Peri-areolar incision | 20 (1.87%) | 8 (0.57%) | 16 (5.13%) | 0 (0.00%) | 24 (28.57%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4 (33.33%) |
| Type of pocket | |||||||
| Subpectotal pocket | 841 (78.45%) | 551 (58.37%) | 253 (81.09%) | 118 (77.63%) | 67 (79.76%) | 24 (66.67%) | 6 (50.00%) |
| Subglandular pocket | 231 (21.55%) | 393 (41.63%) | 59 (18.91%) | 34 (22.37%) | 17 (20.24%) | 12 (33.33%) | 6 (50.00%) |
| Volume of breast implant (cc) | |||||||
| ≤245 | 4 (1.49%) | 2 (0.57%) | 3 (3.85) | 1 (2.63%) | 2 (9.52%) | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (33.33%) |
| 250–295 | 36 (13.43%) | 28 (12.14%) | 16 (20.51%) | 11 (28.95%) | 5 (23.81%) | 4 (44.44%) | 1 (33.33%) |
| 300–345 | 146 (54.48%) | 126 (53.39%) | 27 (34.62%) | 14 (36.84%) | 4 (19.05%) | 2 (22.22%) | 1 (33.33%) |
| 350–395 | 66 (24.63%) | 80 (33.90%) | 17 (21.79%) | 10 (26.32%) | 3 (14.29%) | 3 (33.34%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| ≥400 | 16 (5.97%) | 0 (0.00%) | 15 (19.23%) | 2 (5.26%) | 8 (38.10%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Surface topography of breast implant | |||||||
| Microtextured | 1072 (100.00%) | 944 (100.00%) | 312 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 36 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Smooth | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 152 (100.00%) | 84 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 12 (100.00%) |
| Profile of breast implant | |||||||
| Ultra-high | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 180 (57.69%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| High | 1040 (97.01%) | 848 (90.68%) | 96 (30.77%) | 152 (100.00%) | 72 (85.71%) | 36 (100.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Medium | 32 (2.99%) | 88 (9.32%) | 36 (11.54%) | 0 (0.00%) | 12 (14.29%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Non-applicable | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 12 (100.00%) |
Abbreviations: FU, follow-up; IMF, inframammary fold. Values are mean ± standard deviation or the number of cases with percentage, where appropriate.