Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap for Immediate Breast Reconstruction following Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients: An Initial Experience in Vietnam

Table 2

Variables associated with breast complications.

		Breast complications
		No	Yes
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	Yes	4 (80%)	1 (20%)	0.64
	No	16 (64%)	9 (36%)
The number of perforators	One	13 (61.9%)	8 (38.1%)	0.675
	Two	7 (77.8%)	2 (22.2%)
Microsurgical anastomosis	Thoracodorsal artery	13 (65%)	7 (35%)	1.0
	Internal mammary artery	7 (70%)	3 (30%)
Mean BMI				0.113^+

Fisher’s exact test. ⁺Mann–Whitney test.