Diametric Comparison between the Thoracodorsal Vessel and Deep Inferior Epigastric Vessel in Breast Reconstruction

Table 1

Patient demographics and characteristics.

Variables	Values
Age (yr)
BMI
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic
Diastolic
History of treatment
Radiation	1 (3.70%)
Chemotherapy	1 (3.70%)
Hormone replacement therapy	2 (7.41%)
Previous abdominal surgery	11 (40.74%)
Past history
Diabetes mellitus	0 (0.00%)
Hypertension	4 (14.82%)
Others	7 (25.93%)
Smoking	1 (3.70%)
Surgical details
Delayed reconstruction	2 (7.41%)
Supercharging anastomosis	5 (18.5%)

Values are for continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables. History of abdominal surgery includes one robot-assisted cholecystectomy, two open appendectomies, and eight caesarean sections. Others’ past histories comprised one viral hepatitis B, one carotid stenosis, one rheumatoid arthritis, one cerebrovascular accident, one coronary artery disease, and two hypothyroidisms.