TABLE 2.
Patient characteristics and their association with number of PRBC units transfused.
| PRBCs 90 days | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | 0 | 1–2 | ≥3 | p Value* | |
| N = 60 | N = 42 | N = 81 | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Free flap | Radial | 40 (66.67) | 24 (57.14) | 27 (33.33) | .021 |
| Fibula | 8 (13.33) | 5 (11.9) | 21 (25.93) | ||
| Scapular | 2 (3.33) | 3 (7.14) | 5 (6.17) | ||
| Latissimus | 3 (5) | 1 (2.38) | 6 (7.41) | ||
| ALT | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.23) | ||
| OCR | 1 (1.67) | 2 (4.76) | 4 (4.94) | ||
| Rad/fibula | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.47) | ||
| Rectus | 3 (5) | 7 (16.67) | 15 (18.52) | ||
| Free flap with bone | Yes | 11 (18.33) | 10 (23.81) | 32 (39.51) | .016 |
| No | 49 (81.67) | 32 (76.19) | 49 (60.49) | ||
| Death at 2 years | Yes | 20 (33.33) | 18 (42.86) | 39 (48.15) | .210 |
| No | 40 (66.67) | 24 (57.14) | 42 (51.85) | ||
| Local recurrence | Yes | 14 (23.33) | 17 (40.48) | 17 (20.99) | .055 |
| No | 46 (76.67) | 25 (59.52) | 64 (79.01) | ||
| Regional/distant recurrence | Yes | 3 (5) | 5 (11.9) | 8 (9.88) | .425 |
| No | 57 (95) | 37 (88.1) | 73 (90.12) | ||
| Age adj CCI | Median (IQR) | 6 (4–7) | 6 (4–8) | 7 (4–9) | .030** |
| Hemoglobin, g/dL a | N | 48 | 40 | 76 | .004 |
| Mean (SD) | 13.58 (1.64) | 12.62 (1.96) | 12.41 (2.02) | ||
| Hematocrit, % a | N | 48 | 40 | 76 | .011 |
| Mean | 39.71 (4.77) | 37.35 (5.39) | 36.73 (5.75) | ||
Abbreviations: age adj CCI, age‐adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index; ALT, anterolateral thigh; IQR, interquartile range; OCR, osteocutaneous radial forearm; PRBCs 90, packed red blood cell in 90 days; SD, standard deviation.
a
Hemoglobin and hematocrit are preoperative values only for 164 patients.
*
The p value is calculated by ANOVA for numerical covariates and chi‐square test for categorical covariates.
**
The p value is calculated by the Kruskal–Wallis test.