A comparison of factors affecting aesthetic outcomes of TRAM flap breast reconstructions

摘要: The aesthetic results of TRAM flap breast reconstructions were assessed in 237 consecutive cancer patients. Nine independent judges, none whom plastic surgeons or members the reconstructive team, assigned an score to each patient after viewing postoperative photographs. We found that bilateral aesthetically superior unilateral (p = 0.0013), immediate delayed 0.0001), and previous irradiation chest wall reduced mean 0.0010). also patients who had with free flaps was those conventional flaps, but when tested by multiple regression analysis, this trend not statistically significant 0.2972).