Table A1.
Inclusion criteria of the studies.
| Author | Inclusion Criteria |
|---|---|
| Cai [30] | All patients undergoing autogenous mandibular reconstruction by vascular fibular flap transplantation. |
| Calin [20] | Chosen for case report after receiving informed consent. |
| Carruthers [25] | All patients who underwent microsurgical breast reconstruction with free DIEP flaps over 24 consecutive months. |
| Guye [31] | Patients undergoing resection of a cervicofacial tumour and immediate reconstruction with a free flap. |
| Keller [23] | Patients undergoing autologous tissue perforator free flap breast reconstruction. |
| Kohler [29] | Patients aged 18 and older who underwent soft tissue reconstruction using a free flap between March 2019 and January 2020 and had given informed consent. |
| Koolen [26] | All immediate and delayed autologous microsurgical free tissue transfers for breast reconstruction from February of 2004 to February of 2014. |
| Lin [32] | All patients undergoing microsurgical breast reconstruction between 2004 and 2010 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center were identified. |
| Lindelauf [24] | Female patients undergoing unilateral or bilateral, immediate or delayed DIEP flap breast reconstructive surgery at one university medical center were included. |
| Lohman [8] | Consecutive patients with free flaps - including external skin paddles - performed between January 2006 and February 2007 were monitored. |
| Pelletier [33] | Any patient scheduled to undergo unilateral autologous free tissue breast reconstruction. |
| Repez [11] | Consecutive free flap autologous breast reconstruction. |
| Ricci [34] | All autologous microsurgical free tissue transfers for breast reconstruction from May 2008 until August 2014. |
| Salgarello [35] | Consecutive patients undergoing breast reconstruction with DIEP flap. |
| Schulz (‘20) [38] | All patients undergoing soft tissue reconstruction and who had given informed consent. |
| Schulz (‘21) [39] | All patients who underwent free tissue transfer at our department from July 2017 to September 2018 were eligible for inclusion. |
| Steele [36] | The author’s microsurgical cases between January 2007 and May 2010. |
| Thiem [22] | Patients with either free or pedicled flaps for reconstruction in the oro-maxillofacial area were included. |
| Vranken [27] | Female patients undergoing unilateral secondary DIEP-flap surgery were included. |
| Whitaker [37] | All women who were undergoing autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy, aged between 18 and 65 years old. |
| Yano [28] | Consecutive patients who underwent reconstructive surgery using FJG following the resection of cancer of the pharynx or cervical esophagus. |