Effect of acellular dermal matrix thickness and surface area on direct-to-implant breast reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of an acellular dermal matrix is advantageous for direct-to-implant breast reconstruction after skin-preserving mastectomy, but is associated with postoperative complications, especially increased seroma. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether acellular dermal matrix surface area and thickness are associated with an increased risk of seroma.

Methods

This retrospective chart review was based on the medical records of patients who underwent submuscular direct-to-implant breast reconstruction from January 2011 to June 2018 by a single surgeon. The acellular dermal matrices were divided into groups according to surface area and thickness (group I, thin and small; group II, thin and large; group III, thick and small; and group IV, thick and large). Th

SUBMITTER: Kong TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445715 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature