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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2013; 40(01): 19-27
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2013.40.1.19
Original Article

Human Acellular Dermis versus Submuscular Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A Multivariate Analysis of Short-Term Complications

Armando A. Davila
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Akhil K. Seth
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Edward Wang
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Biostatistics Core, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Philip Hanwright
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Karl Bilimoria
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
Neil Fine
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
,
John YS Kim
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
› Author AffiliationsThe authors would like to thank Michelle Zemla, the Department's Coding and Billing Analyst, for providing her expertise in surgical code identification.
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Background Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) allografts and their putative benefits have been increasingly described in prosthesis based breast reconstruction. There have been a myriad of analyses outlining ADM complication profiles, but few large-scale, multi-institutional studies exploring these outcomes. In this study, complication rates of acellular dermis-assisted tissue expander breast reconstruction were compared with traditional submuscular methods by evaluation of the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) registry.

Methods Patients who underwent immediate tissue expander breast reconstruction from 2006-2010 were identified using surgical procedure codes. Two hundred forty tracked variables from over 250 participating sites were extracted for patients undergoing acellular dermis-assisted versus submuscular tissue expander reconstruction. Thirty-day postoperative outcomes and captured risk factors for complications were compared between the two groups.

Results A total of 9,159 patients underwent tissue expander breast reconstruction; 1,717 using acellular dermis and 7,442 with submuscular expander placement. Total complications and reconstruction related complications were similar in both cohorts (5.5% vs. 5.3%, P=0.68 and 4.7% vs. 4.3%, P=0.39, respectively). Multivariate logistic regression revealed body mass index and smoking as independent risk factors for reconstructive complications in both cohorts (P<0.01).

Conclusions The NSQIP database provides large-scale, multi-institutional, independent outcomes for acellular dermis and submuscular breast reconstruction. Both thirty-day complication profiles and risk factors for post operative morbidity are similar between these two reconstructive approaches.

Keywords

Alloderm - Mammaplasty - Breast implantation - Tissue expansion devices - Complications

John YS Kim is a consultant for and receives research funding from Mentor and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. Neil Fine receives research funding from Allergan.




Publication History

Received: 19 September 2012

Accepted: 07 November 2012

Article published online:
01 May 2022

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