Outcome Assessment According to the Thickness and Direction of the Acellular Dermal Matrix after Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
Table 3
Postoperative complications.
Thick ADM
Thin ADM
OR
95% CI
value
Total complication (, %)
0.5352
0.1585-1.8069
0.3139
No complication
13 (50%)
16 (66.67%)
Minor
9 (34.62%)
8 (33.33%)
Major
4 (15.38%)
0 (0%)
Capsular contracture
1 (3.85%)
0 (0%)
NE
Rippling
1 (3.85%)
3 (12.5%)
3.6379
0.3450-38.3556
0.2826
Nipple sloughing
3 (11.54%)
2 (8.33%)
0.3509
0.0335-3.6744
0.3821
Rotation
1 (3.85%)
1 (4.17%)
1.2589
0.8711
Animation
0 (0%)
2 (8.33%)
NE
RBS
1 (3.85%)
1 (4.17%)
1.0935
0.0636-18.8027
0.9509
Mastectomy flap necrosis
0.1288
0.0146-1.1371
0.0651
No complication
20 (76.92%)
23 (95.83%)
Minor
2 (7.69%)
1 (4.17%)
Major
4 (15.38%)
0 (0%)
Seroma
0.5259
0.0438-6.3136
0.6123
No complication
24 (92.31%)
23 (95.83%)
Minor
2 (7.69%)
1 (4.17%)
Major
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Hematoma
NE
No complication
26 (100%)
24 (100%)
Minor
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Major
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Major: the complications which needed secondary surgical procedures. Minor: the complications which did not need secondary surgical procedures. ADM: acellular dermal matrix; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; NE: not estimated; RBS: red breast syndrome.
