Table 2.
Patient characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.
| Disa et al. (2003) | Gerressen et al. (2013) | Riva et al. (2012) | Lighthall et al. (2013) | Pooled cohort | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free radial forearm flaps (n) | 55 | 254 | 280 | 170 | 759 | |
| Anticoagulation use | 90.9% | 100% | 47.1% | 52.4% | 69% | |
| Age (Mean (SD)) | 59.3 (12.5) | 58.1 (12.1) | 51.7 (10.7) | 63.1 (15.8) | 56.9 (13.3) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 61.8% | 71.7% | 94.6% | 52.9% | 75.2% | |
| Female | 38.2% | 28.3% | 5.4% | 47.1% | 24.8% | |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Non-smoker/quit > 5 years ago | 61.1% | 36.8% | 57.5% | 12% | 39.4% | |
| Active smoker/quit < 5 years ago | 38.9% | 63.2% | 42.5% | 88.0% | 51.8% | |
| Alcohol use | ||||||
| 3 units or less/day | 77.4% | 56.2% | 65.4% | 21.2% | 53.0% | |
| More than 3 units/day | 22.6% | 43.8% | 34.6% | 78.8% | 47.0% | |
| cT-stage (%) | ||||||
| T1/T2 | 44% | 64.8% | - | - | 62.3% | |
| T3/T4a/b | 56% | 35.2% | - | - | 37.7% | |
| cN-stage (%) | ||||||
| N0 | 65.0% | 56.3% | - | - | 57.2% | |
| N+ | 35.0% | 43.7% | - | - | 42.8% | |