Table 2. Complication rates in autologous reconstruction.
| Publication | Total patients | Total flaps | Unilateral | Bilateral | Total complications, N (%) | Total flap loss, N (%) | Partial flap loss, N (%) | Arterial occlusion, N (%) | Venous occlusion, N (%) | Fat necrosis, N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blondeel et al. 1999 (15) | 87 | 100 | 74 | 13 | − | 2 (2.0) | 7 (7.0) | 2 (2.0) | 4 (4.0) | 6 (6.0) |
| Chang et al. 2000 (16) | 718 | 936 | − | − | 328 (45.7)* | 8 (0.9) | 13 (1.4) | − | − | 55 (5.9) |
| Gill et al. 2004 (17) | 609 | 758 | 460 | 149 | 229 (30.2)◆ | 4 (0.5) | 19 (2.5) | 4 (0.5) | 29 (3.8) | 98 (12.9) |
| Mehrara et al. 2006 (18) | 952 | 1,195 | 695 | 250 | 266 (27.9)* | 6 (0.5) | 26 (2.3) | 9 (0.8) | 15 (1.3) | 134 (11.2) |
| Selber et al. 2006 (19) | 500 | 569 | 431 | 69 | 119 (20.9)◆ | 2 (0.3) | 9 (1.6) | 1 (0.2) | − | 19 (3.3) |
| Damen et al. 2013 (20) | 285 | 406 | 164 | 121 | 120 (42.1)* | 2 (0.5) | 10 (3.5) | 2 (0.5) | 7 (1.7) | 14 (3.4) |
| Fischer et al. 2013 (21) | 849 | 1,303 | 395 | 454 | 542 (63.9)* | 18 (2.1) | 7 (0.8) | − | − | 49 (5.8) |
*, percentage reported using number of patients as denominator; ◆, percentage reported using number of flaps as denominator.