Research Article
Outcome Assessment According to the Thickness and Direction of the Acellular Dermal Matrix after Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
| | Thick ADM | Thin ADM | value |
| | No. of breasts | 26 | 24 | | | Implant size (cc) | | | 0.176 | | | | | | | Range | 160-480 | 95-450 | | | Mastectomy weight (g) | | | 0.5999 | | | | | | | Range | 125-1150 | 96-828 | | | ADM size (m2) | | | 0.067 | | | | | | | Range | 70-192 | 75-192 | | | Jackson-Pratt drain (mL) | | | 0.0445 | | | | | | | Range | 268-2737 | 320.5-1588 | | | Time to drain removal (day) | | | 0.5297 | | | | | | | Range | 9-31 | 12-27 | | | Operation site (, %) | | | 0.5547 | | Left | 13 (50%) | 10 (41.67%) | | | Right | 13 (50%) | 14 (58.33%) | | | Mastectomy type (, %) | | | 0.4585 | | NSM | 17 (65.38%) | 18 (75%) | | | Radial incision | 10 (58.82%) | 11 (61.11%) | | | Periareolar incision | 4 (23.53%) | 4 (22.22%) | | | Lateral incision | 3 (17.65%) | 3 (16.67%) | | | SSM | 9 (34.62%) | 6 (25%) | | | ALND (, %) | 21 (80.77%) | 19 (79.17%) | >0.999 | | Insertion plane (, %) | | | 0.9819 | | Prepectoral | 12 (46.15%) | 11 (45.83%) | | | Subpectoral | 14 (53.85) | 13 (54.17%) | | | Implant texture (, %) | | | 0.5791 | | Smooth | 10 (38.46%) | 13 (54.16%) | | | Microtexture | 15 (57.69%) | 10 (41.67%) | | | Macrotexture | 1 (3.85%) | 1 (4.17%) | |
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ADM: acellular dermal matrix; SD: standard deviation; ALND: axillary lymph node; SSM: skin sparing mastectomy; NSM: nipple areolar skin sparing mastectomy.
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