Table 2.
Complications rate for each group according to the inclusion criteria.
| Technique | No. | Complications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hematoma | Seroma | Over-resection | Under-resection | Hypo- or Hyperesthesia | Wound dehiscence | Infection | Pathological scar | Asymmetries | Irregularities or redundant skin | NAC necrosis (partial or total)/abrasion | Revision/ recurrence | Total | ||
| Aspiration | 874 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 130 |
| Traditional Liposuction | 241 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 41 |
| Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Suction-Assisted Liposuction | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Laser Lipolysis | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sharp cutting Liposuction | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mixed techniques | 453 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 59 |
| Surgical Exicision | 2764 | 213 | 230 | 36 | 49 | 97 | 13 | 6 | 130 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 22 | 847 |
| Open excision | 2540 | 208 | 229 | 36 | 49 | 93 | 13 | 6 | 129 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 829 |
| Endoscopically assisted | 138 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Transaxillary excision | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Microdebrider | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vacuum-assisted/mammotome | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Combined techniques | 3656 | 98 | 34 | 4 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 3 | 42 | 29 | 64 | 16 | 38 | 430 |
| Open excision and Liposuction/UAL/PAL | 2396 | 66 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 273 |
| Pull-trough and Liposuction | 713 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 80 |
| Fragmentation and Liposuction | 301 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Cartilage shaver and Liposuction | 186 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 38 |
| Endoscopic adenectomy and Liposuction | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Suction-Assisted excision and Liposuction | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 7294 | 322 | 279 | 44 | 109 | 169 | 48 | 10 | 172 | 36 | 80 | 52 | 86 | 1407 |
| PERCENTAGE | ||||||||||||||
| Aspiration | 11,98 | 3,42 | 5,38 | 9,10 | 22,94 | 23,67 | 0,00 | 10,00 | 0,00 | 11,11 | 3,75 | 1,92 | 30,23 | 9,24 |
| Surgical Exicision | 37,90 | 66,15 | 82,44 | 81,81 | 44,95 | 57,40 | 27,08 | 60,00 | 75,58 | 8,33 | 16,25 | 67,31 | 25,58 | 60,20 |
| Combined techniques | 50,12 | 30,43 | 12,18 | 9,09 | 32,11 | 18,93 | 72,92 | 30,00 | 24,42 | 80,56 | 80,00 | 30,77 | 44,19 | 30,56 |
UAL ultrasound-assisted liposuction; PAL power-assisted liposuction.