Research Article

Outcome Assessment According to the Thickness and Direction of the Acellular Dermal Matrix after Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction

Table 4

Patient baseline demographics and concurrent treatments.

Reverse (-)Reverse (+) value

No. of patients149
Age (yr)0.336
 Range36-6232-59
BMI (kg/m2)0.557
 Range15.88-26.5616.08-28.37
Smoking (, %)00
Obesity (, %)00
Radiotherapy (, %)3 (21.43%)00.253
Preoperative00
Postoperative3 (21.43%)00.235
Chemotherapy (, %)6 (42.86%)1 (11.11%)0.176
Preoperative2 (14.29%)00.502
Postoperative5 (35.71%)1 (11.11%)0.34
Pre+post1 (7.14%)0>0.999

ADM: acellular dermal matrix; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index. Obesity was defined as  kg/m2.