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

Table 7

Complication rates in comparative bilateral breast reconstruction literature [1].

Study		TFF; (%)	PFF; (%)	VC; (%)	FN; (%)	H; (%)	AS; (%)	AH; (%)
Guerra et al. [14]	140	0	5 (3.6)	7 (5)	30 (21.4)	—	30 (21.4)	3 (2.1)
Scheer et al. [15]	32	2 (6.3)	1 (3.1)	4 (12.5)	12 (37.5)	3 (9.4)	0	4 (12.5)
Hofer et al. [16]	44	1 (2.3)	1 (2.3)	2 (4.6)	4 (9.1)	2 (4.6)	—	—
Drazan et al. [17]	55	0	—	0	2 (3.6)	4 (7.3)	2 (3.6)	—
Rao et al. [18]	114	11 (9.6)	—	—	—	—	—	—
Schaverien et al. [19]	10	0	0	0	1 (10)	—	0	0
Our study	55	3 (5.4)	1 (1.8)	6 (10.9)	4 (7.3)	1 (1.8)	5 (5.4)	0

TFF: total flap failure; PFF: partial flap failure; VC: vascular complications; FN: fat necrosis of flap; H: haematoma of flap; AS: abdominal seroma; and AH-abdominal hernia.
Unit of investigation is the “patient” and not the “flap” as per previous tables.