Table 2.
Characteristics of included studies
| Author | Year | Study design | Number | Flap design | Harvesting technique | Timing | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | 1977 | Case report | 2 | Pedicle | Laparotomy | Delayed | Very low |
| McColl | 1979 | Case report | 2 | Pedicle | Laparotomy | Immediate | Very low |
| Phillips | 1982 | Case report | 4 | Pedicle | Laparotomy | Delayed | Very low |
| Baruch | 2001 | Retrospective study | 9 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Lethbridge | 2002 | Case report | 4 | Free | Laparoscopy | Immediate (3)/delayed (1) | Very low |
| Han | 2012 | Retrospective study | 19 | Pedicle | Laparotomy | Immediate | Low |
| Khater | 2013 | Prospective study | 24 | Pedicle | Laparotomy | Immediate | Low |
| Song | 2015 | Retrospective study | 24 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Huang | 2015 | Retrospective study | 40 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Kim | 2016 | Case series | 5 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Very low |
| Yu | 2016 | Retrospective study | 54 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Li | 2017 | Retrospective study | 10 | Free | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Broekhuysen | 2017 | Case series | 6 | Pedicle | Laparoscopy | Delayed | Very low |
| Zaha* | 2017 | Retrospective study | 200 | Free (10)/pedicle (190) | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
| Song | 2017 | Retrospective study | 7 | Free | Laparoscopy | Immediate | Low |
* The same author published three articles in close succession; to avoid duplicated cases, we included only the publication with the largest number of cases.