Table 5.

Concerns with Reconstruction in the Setting of Recent Radiation^*

Autologous Tissue Reconstruction		Implant-based Reconstruction
Concern	Percentage	Concern	Percentage
Asymmetry	19.01%	Asymmetry	42.48%
Donor vessel quality and dissection	37.78%	Hematoma	4.22%
Fat necrosis	19.76%	Mastectomy skin loss	52.55%
Hematoma	0.99%	Severe capsular contracture	76.52%
Mastectomy skin loss	34.18%	Surgical site infection	47.08%
Poor cosmetic outcome	27.59%	Wound dehiscence	77.14%
Surgical site infection	19.51%
Tissue edema	19.76%
Tissue fibrosis	42.00%
Total/partial flap loss	27.09%
Wound dehiscence	52.32%

^*Respondents were prompted to select their three main concerns in the setting of recent radiation to the ipsilateral chest wall.