Biologic Collagen Cylinder with Skate Flap Technique for Nipple Reconstruction

Table 2

Nipple reconstruction complications.

Patient	Date of nipple reconstruction	Surgery procedure used	NRC: L, R, or bilateral	Complications
1	7/10/2009	Skate + NRC	Left	Lost projection, surgical revision required
	10/16/2009	Revision with second NRC
2	1/19/2011	Skate + NRC	Bilateral	Lost projection, surgical revision required
	4/5/2011	Revision with second NRC
3	4/12/2011	Skate + NRC	Right	Cylinder extrusion 3 weeks post-op; projection still viable, no surgical revision required
4	3/28/2011	Skate + NRC	Right	Patient displeased with projection, surgical revision required
	7/26/2011	Revision with second NRC
5	5/18/2011	Skate + NRC	Left	Cylinder extrusion 2 weeks post-op; projection still viable, no surgical revision required
6	2/7/2012	Revision with NRC	Right	Loss of projection due to radiation therapy; cylinder extrusion 3 weeks post-op; projection still viable, no surgical revision required
7	9/30/2011	Skate + NRC	Right	Lost projection, surgical revision required
	10/26/2012	Revision with second NRC
8	10/5/2011	Skate + NRC	Left	Cylinder extrusion 4 weeks post-op; lost projection, surgical revision required
	3/9/2012	Revision with second NRC
9	10/14/2012	Skate + NRC	Left	Lost projection, surgical revision required
	2/24/2012	Revision with second NRC

Skate: skate-flap nipple reconstruction technique and NRC: Biodesign Nipple Reconstruction Cylinder.