Research Article
Outcome Analysis Depending on the Different Types of Incision following Immediate Breast Reconstruction
Table 1
Patients’ general demographic characteristics.
| | Variable | Group 1
(n = 34) | Group 2
(n = 41) | Group 3
(n = 28) | value | | Periareolar | Radial | Lateral | 1 versus 2 | 2 versus 3 | 1 versus 3 | 1 versus 2 versus 3 |
| | Age (yr) | 39.26 (7.88) | 49.80 (6.98) | 48.07 (8.24) | <0.001 | 0.451 | <0.001 | <0.001 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.10 (3.73) | 21.92 (1.89) | 21.15 (1.62) | 0.656 | 0.301 | 0.328 | 0.387 | | Height (m) | 1.60 (0.05) | 1.59 (0.05) | 1.58 (0.06) | 0.673 | 0.709 | 0.615 | 0.545 | | Weight (kg) | 56.76 (7.39) | 56.97 (6.11) | 55.47 (6.75) | 0.663 | 0.363 | 0.62 | 0.635 | | Hypertension | 2 (5.9) | 2 (5.0) | 1 (3.6) | 0.867 | 0.778 | 0.673 | 0.915 | | Diabetes mellitus | 2 (5.9) | 2 (4.9) | 1 (3.6) | 0.847 | 0.794 | 0.673 | 0.915 | | Current smoking | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (10.7) | 0.349 | 0.113 | 0.134 | 0.206 | | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | 12 (35.3) | 23 (56.1) | 9 (32.1) | 0.072 | 0.05 | 0.794 | 0.08 | | Postoperative chemotherapy | 3 (8.8) | 11 (26.8) | 4 (14.3) | 0.046 | 0.215 | 0.499 | 0.108 | | Neoadjuvant radiotherapy | 2 (5.9) | 3 (7.3) | 1 (3.6) | 0.804 | 0.513 | 0.673 | 0.808 | | Postoperative radiotherapy | 5 (15.2) | 12 (30.0) | 4 (14.3) | 0.135 | 0.133 | 0.924 | 0.181 | | Hormone therapy | 19 (55.9) | 19 (46.3) | 11 (39.3) | 0.411 | 0.562 | 0.193 | 0.42 | | Trastuzumab therapy | 5 (14.7) | 4 (9.8) | 3 (10.7) | 0.511 | 0.897 | 0.641 | 0.789 | | Regnault ptosis classification | | Normal | 21 (61.8) | 23 (56.1) | 17 (60.7) | 0.646 | 0.806 | 1.000 | 0.908 | | Grade I | 7 (20.6) | 14 (34.1) | 8 (28.6) | 0.210 | 0.793 | 0.557 | 0.449 | | Grade II | 6 (17.6) | 4 (9.8) | 3 (10.7) | 0.497 | 1.000 | 0.494 | 0.392 | | Grade III | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | — | — | — |
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Values are presented as mean ± SD or number (%).
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