Table 1.
Summary of Included Studies
| Year of Publication | Author | Country | Study Design | Intervention Groups Compared | Complications | Patient-reported Outcomes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Nahabedian et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Free TRAM (n = 118) • DIEP (n = 17) |
X | ||
| 2005 | Nahabedian et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 89) • DIEP (n = 88) |
X | ||
| 2006 | Bajaj et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 124) • DIEP (n = 35) |
X | ||
| 2006 | Garvey et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 94) • DIEP (n = 96) |
X | Unilateral flaps | |
| 2007 | Chen et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Free TRAM (n = 114) • DIEP (n = 29) |
X | ||
| 2007 | Schaverien et al. | United Kingdom | Retrospective cohort | • Free TRAM (n = 30) • DIEP (n = 30) |
X | X | Unilateral flaps |
| 2010 | Chun et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 105) • DIEP (n = 58) |
X | X | Bilateral flaps |
| 2010 | Nelson et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 91) • DIEP (n = 53) |
X | ||
| 2012 | Momoh et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 179) • DIEP (n = 167) |
X | X | |
| 2013 | Fischer et al. | United States | Retrospective cohort | • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 300) • DIEP (n = 105) |
X | Obese patients | |
| 2014 | Benditte-Klepetko et al. | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort | • Free TRAM (n = 22) • DIEP (n = 18) |
X | ||
| 2015 | Weichman et al. | United States and Canada | Prospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 83) • Free TRAM (n = 91) • DIEP (n = 296) |
X | ||
| 2015 | Yang et al. | China | Cross-sectional | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 44) • DIEP (n = 62) |
X | ||
| 2016 | Knox et al. | Canada | Retrospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 377) • DIEP (n = 130) |
X | ||
| 2016 | Macadam et al. | United States and Canada | Retrospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 683) • Free TRAM (MS-0) (n = 144) • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 293) • DIEP (n = 670) |
X | X | |
| 2018 | Erdmann-Sager et al. | United States and Canada | Prospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 89) • Free TRAM (n = 115) • DIEP (n = 445) |
X | ||
| 2018 | Xu et al. | China | Prospective cohort | • Pedicled TRAM (n = 39) • DIEP (n = 9) |
X | Immediate, unilateral flaps | |
| 2019 | Nelson et al. | United States | Prospective cohort | • Muscle-sparing free TRAM (n = 35) • DIEP (n = 13) |
X | X |