Table 5 Aesthetic outcome among patients with and without post-mastectomy radiotherapy
Patients with PMRT | |||||||||
|  | All (n = 32) | Implant-based reconstruction (n = 9) | Autologous reconstruction (n = 23) | ||||||
Outcome | NACT (n = 21) | Non-NACT (n = 11) | P value | NACT (n = 6) | Non-NACT (n = 3) | P value | NACT (n = 15) | Non-NACT (n = 8) | P value |
Breast shape of reconstructive site | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 0.328 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 0.251 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 0.601 |
Symmetry of infra-mammary fold | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 0.9 | 0.221 | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 0.014* | 4.2 ± 0.5 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 0.483 |
Symmetry of breast volume | 3.8 ± 0.5 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 0.058 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 0.092 | 3.9 ± 0.5 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 0.214 |
Symmetry of breast shape | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | 0.180 | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.7 | 0.177 | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 0.426 |
Overall outcomes | 3.6 ± 0.7 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 0.540 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 0.381 | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 0.772 |
Patients without PMRT | |||||||||
|  | All (n = 155) | Implant-based reconstruction (n = 77) | Autologous reconstruction (n = 78) | ||||||
Outcome | NACT (n = 14) | Non-NACT (n = 141) | P value | NACT (n = 9) | Non-NACT (n = 68) | P value | NACT (n = 5) | Non-NACT (n = 73) | P value |
Breast shape of reconstructive site | 3.5 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 0.7 | 0.129 | 3.1 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 0.089 | 4.3 ± 0.3 | 4.1 ± 0.5 | 0.323 |
Symmetry of infra-mammary fold | 3.7 ± 0.9 | 4.0 ± 0.7 | 0.182 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 3.8 ± 0.8 | 0.123 | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 4.2 ± 0.6 | 0.514 |
Symmetry of breast volume | 3.7 ± 0.8 | 3.8 ± 0.7 | 0.380 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 3.8 ± 0.8 | 0.160 | 4.2 ± 0.5 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 0.273 |
Symmetry of breast shape | 3.3 ± 0.9 | 3.7 ± 0.7 | 0.080 | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 0.060 | 4.0 ± 0.5 | 3.9 ± 0.6 | 0.652 |
Overall outcomes | 3.5 ± 1.0 | 3.8 ± 0.7 | 0.071 | 3.1 ± 1.0 | 3.6 ± 0.7 | 0.083 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | 4.1 ± 0.5 | 0.866 |