Author’s Reply: A Systematic Review of Complications Associated with Direct Implants vs. Tissue Expanders Following Wise Pattern Skin-Sparing Mastectomy

We would like to thank the authors who read with and subsequently provided a reply to our original article entitled: "A Systematic Review of Complications Associated with Direct Implants vs. Tissue Expanders Following Wise Pattern Skin-Sparing Mastectomy."1,2 Firstly, regarding our methodology, the author's put forth the notion that numbers 20 and 21 of the PRISMA guidelines were not followed correctly, as we did not provide confidence intervals or I2 values for the included studies. According to an erratum published on the PRISMA website (http://ift.tt/2rVS4D4), "The published PRISMA checklists contain an error in the wording for Item 21.

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