Does Acellular Dermal Matrix Thickness Affect Complication Rate in Tissue Expander Based Breast Reconstruction?

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics comparing thick and thin ADMs.

	Thin ADMs (36)	Thick ADMs (41)	value
Average age (±SD)	50.2 (±12.33)	46.24 (±12.85)	0.2419
Average BMI (±SD)	25.8 (±5.09)	26.1 (±4.90)	0.6321
Number of patients with DM	5 (13.9%)	0 (0%)	0.0136
Number of patients requiring radiation	7 (19.4%)	13 (31.7%)	0.2208
Number of smokers	6 (16.7%)	4 (9.8%)	0.3681