Table 3.
Complications.
| Authors | N of Breast | Previous Radio Therapy | Total Complications | Minor Complications | Major Complications | Capsular Contracture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillaert FBJL et al. (2020) [21] | 56 | Prior RT ND, Postop adjuvant RT 1 case | 4 (1 hematoma, 1 expander infection,2 implant infection) | 1 (1 hematoma) | 3 (1 TE infection, 2 implant infection) | 0/56 |
| Razzouk K et al. (2019) [15] | 32 | All patients underwent PMRT | 5(1 implant infection, 4 cystic fat necrosis.) | 4 (4cystic fat necrosis) | 1 (1 Implant infection) | nd |
| Sommeling CE et al. (2017) [14] | 23 | PMRT in 6 patients Neoadjuvant ND | 1 (1 severe infection with skin necrosis necessitated removal of the implant) | 0 | 1 (1 implant infection with fat necrosis) | nd |
| Razzouk K et al. (2020) [16] | 136 | All patients underwent RT prior to Fat Grafting (mean 19.6 months) | 11 (7 cystic seroma, 1 minor pnx, 1 infection (implant explantation), 2 skin necrosis(implant explantation) | 7 (cystic seromas) | 3 (1implant infection, 2 skin necrosis) | 15/136 |
| Sarfati I et al. (2011) [19] | 28 | All patients underwent RT prior to Fat Grafting (mean 9 months) | 4 (4 seromas, of whom 1 patient nedeed implant explantation) | 3 (minor seromas) | 1 (severe seroma needing implant removal) | 0/28 |
| Salgarello M et al. (2012) [17] | 16 | All patients underwent RT prior to Fat Grafting (>6 months) | No complication | 0 | 0 | 0/16 |
| Serra-Renom JM et al. (2010) [20] | 65 | All patients underwent RT prior to Fat Grafting (>1 year) | No complications | 0 | 0 | 0/65 |
| Cigna E. et al. (2012) [24] | 20 | No postoperative RT (previous irradiation ND) | 1 (1 fat necrosis) | 1 (1 fat necrosis) | 0 | nd |
| Cogliandro A et al. (2017) [22] | 46 | 34 PMRT | 2 (1 infection, 1 implant rupture) | 0 | 2 (1 infection, 1 implant rupture) | nd |
| Hammond DC (2015) [18] | 36 | RT ND (step 1 TE + ADM step2 FG + Implant) | 7 (3 capsular contracture, 1 oil cyst, 1 fat necrosis, 1 red breast, 1 dehiscence) | 3 (2 fat necrosis, 1 dehiscence) | 1 (1 red breast) | 3/36 |
| Patel AA et al. (2020) [23] | 270 | 29 previous RT, 32 PMRT | 20 (4 infection, 6 dehiscence, 4 seromas, 3 skin necrosis, 1 fat necrosis, 2 implant malposition) | 13 (6 dehiscence, 4 seromas, 1 fat necrosis, 2 implant malposition) | 7 (4 infection, 3 skin necrosis) | nd |
| Gronovich Y et al. (2021) [11] | 25 | No preop RT, 4 Postop RT | (5) infection 1, seroma 2, dehiscence1, flap necrosis 1 | 3 (2 seromas, 1 dehiscence) | 2 (1 infection, 1 flap necrosis) | nd |