Table 3.

Post-operative complications

Complications, N (%)	Group A (N = 65)	Group B (N = 31)	P*
Nil	46 (70.8)	27 (87.1)	0.124
Surgical site infection	1 (1.5)	0 (0)	1.000
Early seroma	1 (1.5)	0 (0)	1.000
Late seroma	1 (1.5)	0 (0)	1.000
Skin flap necrosis	3 (4.6)	0 (0)	0.549
Wound dehiscence	1 (1.5)	0 (0)	1.000
Nipple necrosis	5 (7.7)	0 (0)	0.174
partial	2 (3.1)	0 (0)	1.000
complete	3 (4.6)	0 (0)	0.549
Haemorrhage	1 (1.5)	1 (3.2)	0.544
Red breast syndrome	0 (0)	0 (0)	–
Capsule contracture	0 (0)	0 (0)	–
Rippling	0 (0)	0 (0)	–
Implant loss	1 (1.5)	–	–
Re-surgery	4 (6.2)	3 (9.7)	0.678
Conversion to two stages	1 (1.5)	–	–

Clavien–Dindo classification. Data shown as average ± standard deviation or as absolute frequency with percentage in brackets. Group A one-stage reconstruction, Group B two-stage reconstruction. *Student’s t test for independent samples for continuous values or χ²/Fisher’s exact test for ordinal/binomial variables

¹Referred to first-stage surgery