Bilateral Breast Reconstruction with Abdominal Free Flaps: A Single Centre, Single Surgeon Retrospective Review of 55 Consecutive Patients

Table 6

Donor site (abdomen) complications and associated risk factors.

	Dehiscence (%)	value	Seroma (%)	value
Smoker/ex-smoker	5/15 (33)	0.581	1/15 (6.7)	0.375
Nonsmoker	8/40 (20)		4/40 (10)
High BMI	7/19 (37)	1.000	4/19 (21)	0.375
Normal BMI	6/36 (17)		1/36 (2.8)
Previous abdominal surgery	4/12 (33)	0.267	0	n/a
No previous abdominal surgery	9/43 (21)		0	n/a
Age > 60	2/8 (25)	0.022	1/8 (13)	0.375
Age < 60	11/47 (23)		4/47 (8.5)
Flap > 700 g	8/21 (38)	0.581	2/21 (9.5)	1.000
Flap < 700 g	5/34 (15)		3/34 (8.8)