Biologic Collagen Cylinder with Skate Flap Technique for Nipple Reconstruction

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Total number of patients = 83
Age	Range: 32–73 years old
	Mean: 50.4 years old
BMI	Range: 15.8–48.4
	Mean: 28.0
Indication for surgery	IC = 40 patients (48.2%)
	DCIS = 35 patients (42.2%)
	LC = 1 patient (1.2%)
	Paget’s = 1 patient (1.2%)
	BRCA+ = 1 patient (1.2%)
	Benign mass = 1 patient (1.2%)
	Unknown = 4 patients (4.8%)
Diabetes (Type II)	9 patients (10.8%)
Hypertension	33 patients (39.8%)
Smoking (or tobacco products)	14 patients (16.9%)
Preoperative chemotherapy	22 patients (26.5%)
Postoperative chemotherapy	48 patients (57.8%)
Chemotherapy alone; (no radiation)	42 patients (50.6%)
Preoperative radiation	6 patients (7.2%)
Postoperative radiation	14 patients (16.9%)
Radiation alone; (no chemotherapy)	2 patients (2.4%)
Combined chemotherapy and radiation	15 patients (18.1%)
No adjuvant cancer treatment	8 patients (9.6%)
Unknown cancer treatment	16 patients (19.3%)

IC: infiltrating carcinoma, DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ, LC: lobular carcinoma, Paget’s: Paget’s disease of the nipple, and BRCA+: positive breast cancer gene.