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Table 1 Demographic data of thirty-one patients undergoing endoscopy-assisted LDMF transfer combined with implant insertion after tissue expansion for breast reconstruction

From: Latissimus dorsi muscle flap transfer through endoscopic approach combined with the implant after tissue expansion for breast reconstruction of mastectomy patients

Category (n = 31)

Mean ± SD / n(%)

Age

37.6 ± 6.4

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.4 ± 2.3

TNM anatomic stage (breast cancer)

 

 Stage I

13 (41.9%)

 Stage II

18 (58.1%)

Final pathology

 

 Invasive ductal carcinoma

24 (77.4%)

 Ductal carcinoma in situ

7 (22.6%)

Affected side

 

 Right

13 (41.9%)

 Left

18 (58.1%)

Chemotherapy

 

 Yes

28 (90.3%)

 No

3 (9.7%)

Radiation

 

 Yes

3 (9.7%)

 No

28 (90.3%)

  1. LDMF latissimus dorsi muscle flap