Table 2.
Patient characteristics, failed free flap etiologies, and primary free flap type.
| No. of cases | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 52 |
| Female | 13 |
| Unreported | 37 |
| Age | 4-76 |
| Follow up time | 4mo-11y |
| Indication for reconstruction | |
| MVA | 10 |
| Pedestrian vs car | 7 |
| Fall from height | 3 |
| Gunshot | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 |
| Compartment syndrome | 1 |
| Other | 13 |
| Unspecified | 62 |
| Type of free flap | |
| Latissimus dorsi | 28 |
| Anterolateral thigh | 11 |
| Ilium/iliac crest | 8 |
| Gracilis | 6 |
| Free fibula | 6 |
| Thoracodorsal artery perforator | 4 |
| Lateral arm flap | 3 |
| Groin flap | 3 |
| SCIP | 2 |
| Rectus abdominis | 2 |
| Medial sural artery perforator | 2 |
| Omentum | 2 |
| Parascapular | 1 |
| Scapular | 1 |
| Sural | 1 |
| Double free flap | 4 |
| Free radial forearm | 1 |
| Unreported | 17 |
| Gustilo | |
| IIIB | 12 |
| IIIC | 1 |
| Unknown | 89 |
| Arterial anastomosis | |
| Tibial artery | 31 |
| Other: PeA, SFA, PoA, SA | 10 |
| Unreported | 61 |
| End-to-end | 12 |
| End-to-side | 14 |
| Unreported | 76 |
MVA: motor vehicle accident; PeA: peroneal artery; SFA: superficial femoral artery; PoA: popliteal artery; SA: sural artery