Research Article
Bilateral Breast Reconstruction with Abdominal Free Flaps: A Single Centre, Single Surgeon Retrospective Review of 55 Consecutive Patients
Table 1
Demographics of patients undergoing bilateral breast reconstruction.
| Number of patients/flaps | 55/110 | Average age (years) | 48.6 (24–71) | Average BMI (kg/m2) | 28.1 (21–37) | Patients with medical comorbidities (%) | 16 (29) | Previous abdominal surgery (%) | 25 (45) | Smokers (%) | 7 (13) | Ex-smokers (%) | 8 (15) | No family history of breast cancer and BRCA negative with disease | 31 (56) | Family history of breast cancer (BRCA negative) (%) | 12 (22) | Family history of breast cancer with known disease (%) | 7 (13) | Family history of breast cancer with no known disease (%) | 5 (9.1) | BRACA gene positive (%) | 12 (22) | BRACA positive with known disease | 7 (13) | BRACA positive with no known disease | 5 (9.1) |
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As per American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) II classification. First-degree relative.
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