Table 3.
Summary of all studies reporting mastectomy flap necrosis and reoperation rates using clinical judgement compared with indocyanine green angiography and fluorescein dye angiography
| Reference | Clinical judgement | ICGA | FA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of breasts | Mastectomy flap necrosis (%) | Reoperation (%) | No. of breasts | Mastectomy flap necrosis (%) | Reoperation (%) | No. of breasts | Mastectomy flap necrosis (%) | Reoperation (%) | |
| Rinker33 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| Diep et al. 32 | 68 | 19 | 19 | 77 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Mattison et al. 38 | 55 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Harless and Jacobson31 | 254 | 6·7 | 4·7 | 213 | 0·9 | 0·9 | |||
| Duggal et al. 30 | 186 | 23·4 | 14·1 | 184 | 13·0 | 5·9 | |||
| Kanuri et al. 42 | 710 | 11·1 | 11·1 | ||||||
| Munabi et al. 19 | 62 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Sood and Glat29 | 80 | 17 | 13 | 62 | 10 | 7 | |||
| Murray et al. 36 | 227 | 4·4 | 1·8 | ||||||
| Phillips et al. 37 | 51 | 41 | 10 | ||||||
| Moyer and Losken20 | 15 | 14 | – | ||||||
| Komorowska‐Timek and Gurtner7 | 206 | 15 | – | 24 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Newman et al. 35 | 20 | 45 | 35 | ||||||
| Jones et al. 28 | 57 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Total no. of breasts | 1964 | 652 | 34 | ||||||
| Mean % rate* | 19·4 | 12·9 | 7·9 | 5·5 | 3 | 0 | |||
*
Mean % rate was calculated by dividing the sum of % rates (to one decimal place) by the total number of studies.
ICGA, indocyanine green angiography; FA, fluorescein dye angiography.