TABLE 1.
Incidence of intraoperative venous congestion in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) and free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flaps
| Author (reference), year | DIEP flap | Free TRAM flap | Free abdominal (TRAM + DIEP) flap | |||
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| Total, n | Venous congestion, n (%) | Total, n | Venous congestion, n (%) | Total, n | Venous congestion, n (%) | |
| Ali et al (19), 2010 | 162 | 14 (8.6) | 162 | 14 (8.6) | ||
| Blondeel et al (7), 2000 | 249 | 5 (2.0) | 271 | 0 (0.0) | 520 | 5 (1.0) |
| Figus et al (19), 2006 | 16 | 1 (6.3) | 16 | 1 (6.3) | ||
| Lundberg and Mark (20), 2005 | 50 | 3 (6.0) | 50 | 3 (6.0) | ||
| Ochoa et al (24), 2013 | 2618 | 87 (3.3) | 2618 | 87 (3.3) | ||
| Sbitany et al (21), 2012 | 421 | 1 (0.2) | 780 | 10 (1.3) | 1201 | 11 (0.9) |
| Schaverian et al (22), 2010 | 54 | 5 (9.3) | 54 | 5 (9.3) | ||
| Smit et al (23), 2010 | 26 | 1 (3.8) | 26 | 1 (3.8) | ||
| Tran et al (11), 2007 | 100 | 5 (5.0) | 100 | 5 (5.0) | ||
| Total | 3696 | 122 (3.3)* | 1051 | 10 (1.0)* | 4747 | 132 (2.8) |
*
Significant difference (P<0.001, Pearson’s χ2 test)