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Table 1 Clinicopathologic manifestations of 441 nipple-sparing mastectomy procedures enrolled in current study

From: Nipple-areolar complex (NAC) or skin flap ischemia necrosis post nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM)—analysis of clinicopathologic factors and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features

n = 441

Mean (sd), n (%)

Age, y

49.1 ± 9.8

BMI

 < 27

384 (87.1)

 ≥ 27

57 (12.9)

Location

 Left

219 (49.7)

 Right

222 (50.3)

Surgery type

 Convention

106 (24.0)

 Endoscopy

242 (54.9)

 Robot

93 (21.1)

Reconstruction

 Yes

369 (83.7)

 No

72 (16.3)

Reconstruction method (n = 369)

 Tissue expander

9 (2.4)

 Gel implant

321 (87.0)

 TRAM flap

33 (8.9)

 LD flap + gel implant

2 (0.5)

 LD flap

4 (1.1)

Type of skin incisions (N/A = 1)

 Upper outer oblique incisions

83 (18.9)

 Peri-areolar incisions

107 (24.3)

 Single axillary incisions

243 (55.2)

 Infra-mammary + axillary incisions

7 (1.6)

Pathology tumor size, cm

2.6 ± 2.3

Grade (N/A = 102)

 I

65 (19.2)

 II

204 (60.2)

 III

70 (20.6)

Clinical stage (N/A = 132)

 0

76 (24.6)

 I

59 (19.1)

 II

161 (52.1)

 III

13 (4.2)

Subtype (N/A = 113)

 Luminal A

152 (46.3)

 Luminal B1

81 (24.7)

 Luminal B2

40 (12.2)

 HER-2 (+)

26 (7.9)

 TNBC

29 (8.8)

Lymph node stage (N/A = 61)

 N0

271 (71.3)

 N1

84 (22.1)

 N2

22 (5.8)

 N3

3 (0.8)

Surgical ALN staging method (N/A = 129)

 ALND

24 (6.4)

 SLNB

281 (74.7)

 SLNB+ALND

71 (18.9)

Lymph node metastasis (N/A = 61)

 Yes

109 (28.8)

 No

270 (71.2)

Stage (N/A = 80)

 0

82 (22.7)

 I

95 (26.3)

 II

151 (41.8)

 III

33 (9.1)

ER (N/A = 86)

 Positive

289 (81.4)

 Negative

66 (18.6)

PR (N/A = 89)

 Positive

246 (69.9)

 Negative

106 (30.1)

HER-2 (N/A = 134)

 Positive

83 (27.0)

 Negative

224 (73.0)

Ki-67 (%) (N/A = 181)

14

103 (39.6)

 > 14

157 (60.4)

Pathology (N/A = 11)

 DCIS

85 (19.8)

 IDC

239 (55.6)

 ILC

14 (3.3)

 LCIS

4 (0.9)

 Other

88 (20.5)

NAC ischemia necrosis

 0

371 (84.1)

 1

29 (6.6)

 2

37 (8.4)

 3

4 (0.9)

Skin flap necrosis

 0

417 (94.6)

 1

22 (5.0)

 2

2 (0.5)

  1. BMI Body mass index, TRAM flap Transverse rectus abdominal myocutaneous flap, LD flap Latissimus dorsi flap, ALN Axillary lymph node, ALND Axillary lymph node dissection, SLNB Sentinel lymph node biopsy, NAC Nipple areolar complex