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Table 6 Safety events’ data

From: A randomised controlled feasibility trial to evaluate local heat preconditioning on wound healing after reconstructive breast surgery: the preHEAT trial

Event

Control

Heated

Total

AR

0

1 (1)

1 (1)

SAE

10 (7)

20 (15)

30 (22)

SAR

0

0

0

Complication

   

Mastectomy skin-flap necrosis

5

2

7

Infection

2

4

6

Haematoma

2

6

8

Re-do anastamosis

4

4

Flap failure

1

3

4

Burn

1

1

  1. Number of patients shown in brackets as some patients had more than one safety event. AR adverse reaction related to heating protocol, SAE serious adverse event not related to heating protocol, SAR serious adverse reaction related to heating protocol. Note: AE adverse events (not serious and not related to heating protocol) were not recorded in the PREHEAT database