Table 6. Rate of complications according to risk factor score (0–4), including age <50 years, bilateral operation, inferior pedicle and resected tissue weight ≥650 g per breast.
| Risk sum score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Number of the patients, n (% of all patients) | 102 (13.4) | 195 (25.7) | 300 (39.5) | 143 (18.8) | 20 (2.6) |
| Overall complications, n (% of risk sum scores) | |||||
| No complications (n=470) | 88 (18.7) | 135 (28.7) | 186 (39.6) | 59 (12.6) | 2 (0.4) |
| Minor complication (n=259) | 13 (5.0) | 54 (20.8) | 98 (37.8) | 76 (29.3) | 18 (6.9) |
| Major complication (n=31) | 1 (3.2) | 6 (19.4) | 16 (51.6) | 8 (25.8) | 0 |
| Total complications, n (% of patients) | 14 (13.7) | 60 (30.8) | 114 (38.0) | 84 (58.7) | 18 (90.0) |
Differences between risk factor sum score and overall complications (P<0.001) were tested by Fisher’s exact test.