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. 2022 Jun 24;2022:7857158. doi: 10.1155/2022/7857158

Table 3.

The relative risks of donor site morbidity and flap complications across different breast reconstruction techniques.

Donor hernia/bulge Donor wound infection
FTRAM FTRAM
0.43 (0.24–0.77) PTRAM 0.82 (0.60–1.13) PTRAM
3.66 (0.65–20.74) 8.53 (1.42–51.32) SIEA 0.27 (0.12–0.61) 0.33 (0.15–0.73) SIEA
1.43 (0.92–2.23) 3.34 (1.79–6.23) 0.39 (0.07–2.26) DIEP 1.20 (0.87–1.64) 1.45 (1.08–1.95) 4.47 (2.02–9.88) DIEP

Flap fat necrosis Mastectomy flap necrosis
FTRAM FTRAM
0.35 (0.17–0.74) PTRAM 0.77 (0.35–1.70) PTRAM
0.45 (0.21–0.97) 1.29 (0.50–3.30) SIEA 0.82 (0.35–1.93) 1.07 (0.41–2.74) SIEA
0.60 (0.38–0.95) 1.71 (0.88–3.32) 1.33 (0.62–2.83) DIEP 0.90 (0.53–1.53) 1.17 (0.62–2.21) 1.10 (0.50–2.38) DIEP

Partial flap loss Total flap loss
FTRAM FTRAM
0.61 (0.28–1.35) PTRAM 0.78 (0.29–2.05) PTRAM
0.73 (0.23–2.36) 1.19 (0.35–4.09) SIEA 0.46 (0.15–1.41) 0.59 (0.16–2.10) SIEA
0.88 (0.46–1.69) 1.44 (0.69–2.98) 1.20 (0.37–3.96) DIEP 0.53 (0.26–1.08) 0.68 (0.27–1.68) 1.15 (0.37–3.61) DIEP

Flap hematoma Flap total thrombotic event
FTRAM FTRAM
1.04 (0.54–1.99) PTRAM 0.23 (0.07–0.68) SIEA
0.37 (0.19–0.72) 0.36 (0.17–0.74) SIEA 0.18 (0.05–0.63) 0.79 (0.24–2.63) DIEP
0.54 (0.32–0.89) 0.52 (0.29–0.93) 1.45 (0.76–2.75) DIEP

Flap wound infection
FTRAM
0.38 (0.16–0.88) PTRAM
1.17 (0.45–3.02) 3.10 (0.99–9.65) SIEA
0.59 (0.29–1.23) 1.57 (0.94–2.61) 0.51 (0.18–1.45) DIEP

Data are expressed as relative risks (95% confidence intervals). The outcomes can be interpreted from the left to right direction to indicate low/high risks.