Clinical Study
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 |
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