Comparison of the Incidence of Capsular Formation in Two-Stage, Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Using an Insertion Funnel and Sizer

Table 1

Patient characteristics and demographic data.

	Group A	Group B	value
Age (year)			0.792
Underlying diseases^†	6 (37.5%)	3 (20%)	0.433
Lesion side			0.491
Right	8 (44.4%)	10 (55.6%)
Left	9 (60.0%)	6 (40.0%)
Interval (day)			0.426
Expander size (mL)			0.757
Radiotherapy	3 (16.7%)	4 (26.7%)	0.674
Chemotherapy	4 (25.0%)	6 (40.0%)	0.458
Hormone therapy	11 (68.8%)	11 (73.3%)	>0.999

^†Underlying diseases include hypertension, hyperthyroidism, ovarian cyst, B-viral hepatitis, atopic dermatitis, gall bladder polyp, and Still’s disease.