Research Article
Outcome Assessment According to the Thickness and Direction of the Acellular Dermal Matrix after Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
Table 5
Surgery-related variables.
| | Reverse (-) | Reverse (+) | value |
| | No. of breasts | 14 | 9 | | | Implant size (cc) | | | 0.282 | | | | | | | Range | 125-400 | 130-300 | | | Mastectomy weight (g) | | | 0.361 | | | | | | | Range | 55-547 | 90-342 | | | ADM size (m2) | | | 0.625 | | | | | | | Range | 80-160 | 64-192 | | | Jackson-Pratt drain (mL) | | | >0.999 | | | | | | | Range | 126-1588.4 | 336-637 | | | Time to drain removal (day) | | | 0.734 | | | | | | | Range | 12-22 | 11-20 | | | Operation site (, %) | | | 0.68 | | Left | 8 (57.14%) | 4 (44.44%) | | | Right | 6 (42.86%) | 5 (55.56%) | | | Mastectomy type (, %) | | | >0.999 | | NSM | 7 (50.0%) | 5 (55.56%) | | | SSM | 7 (50.0%) | 4 (44.44%) | | | ALND (, %) | 3 (21.43%) | 2 (22.22%) | >0.999 | | Insertion plane (, %) | | | 0.343 | | Prepectoral | 12 (85.71%) | 6 (66.67%) | | | Subpectoral | 2 (14.29%) | 3 (33.33%) | | | Implant texture (, %) | | | 0.232 | | Smooth | 13 (92.86%) | 8 (88.89%) | | | Microtexture | 1 (7.14%) | 1 (11.11%) | | | Macrotexture | 0 | 0 | |
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SD: standard deviation; ADM: acellular dermal matrix; ALND: axillary lymph node dissection; SSM: skin sparing mastectomy; NSM: nipple areolar skin sparing mastectomy.
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