Research Article

Bacitracin for Injection Recall: Impact on Immediate Breast Implant Surgical Outcomes

Table 1

Patient demographics and comorbidities.

Total (n = 254)Pre-recall (n = 172)Post-recall (n = 82) value

Age, years51.83 ± 12.2050.90 ± 11.8653.78 ± 12.730.079
BMI, kg/m226.14 ± 4.9426.05 ± 5.1026.34 ± 4.610.662
CCI1.48 ± 1.001.49 ± 1.051.45 ± 0.900.783
Smoking history
 Never smoker187 (73.62)124 (72.09)63 (76.83)0.332
 Former smoker63 (24.80)44 (25.58)19 (23.17)
 Current smoker4 (1.57)4 (2.33)0 (0.00)
Race/ethnicity
 White152 (59.84)100 (58.14)52 (63.41)0.143
 African American67 (26.38)52 (30.23)15 (18.29)
 Asian16 (6.30)10 (5.81)6 (7.32)
 Other19 (7.48)10 (5.81)9 (10.98)

BMI: body mass index, CCI: Charlson comorbidity index. Bold values indicate statistical significance.