The Impact of Penicillin Allergy on Infection Rates in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A 7-year Analysis.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · 2026 · PMC12928911 · PMID 41737474

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a near-significant trendP = 0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Premature TE explantation showed a near-significant trend in penicillin-allergic patients ( P = 0.08).

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.18not close (p > 0.1)

Explantation rate due to infection was similarly elevated among the penicillin-allergic group (26.0%, 25 of 96) compared with the nonallergic group (16.6%, 55 of 331), but this did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.18).

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