TABLE 4.
Study, year | No. of patients | Closure type | Length of surgery (min) | Excised area (cm2) | Length of hospitalisation (day) | Length of healing (days) | Complication (n; %) | Recurrence rate (%) | Length follow up (month) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Busnardo et al (2011) 32 | 12 | Flap | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 38.8% | 6 months |
Afsharfard et al (2020) 17 | 13 | STSG and flap | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0 | 1 year |
Wormald et al (2014) 33 | 27 | Graft and flap | 146.5 ± 69.8 | ND | 5.6 ± 2.9 | 70.7 ± 89.6 | ND | 3.7% | 1 year |
Ortiz et al (2010) 34 | 16 | Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0 | ND |
Marchesi et al (2018) 25 | 17 | Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap | 151 ± 31 | 94.5 ± 38 | 1 to 5 | 20 ± 9 | N = 6; 35% | ND | ND |
Pearce et al (2017) 26 | 7 | NPWT + STSG | ND | 335 | 8.8 ± 4 | 38.7 ± 15,3 | ND | ND | 1 months |
Elgohary et al (2018) 30 | 20 | Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap | 210 ± 25 | Range 96 to 204 | 6 ± 3 | ND | N = 7; 35% | ND | 30 months ± 5.2 |
Elboraey et al (2019) 31 | 6 | Propeller flap | ND | Range 66 to 252 | 4 | ND | N = 2; 33% | 0 | 10 months mean |
Ching et al (2017) 35 | 4 | Transposition flap | ND | ND | ND | ND | N = 1; 25% | 0 | 18 months |
Wu et al (2020) 28 | 34 | Rotation flap | 4 ± 16 | 84 | 0 | ND | N = 13; 25% | 10% | 32 months |
Gonzaga et al (2013) 27 | 4 | Graft with bilayer dermal regeneration | ND | Range 200 to 300 | ND | ND | N = 1; 25% | 0 | 23 months |
Hallock et al (2013) 36 | 2 | Thoracodorsal artery perforator based V‐Y advancement | ND | 90 | ND | 45,5 | 1 (minor) | 0 | 9.5 months |
Varkarakis et al (2010) 37 | 15 | Rotation flap | ND | 212 | ND | ND | N = 4; 26.6% | 0 | 12 months |
Nail‐Barthelemy et al (2019) 16 | 13 | Perforator flap | 76.2 ± 18.8 | 58 ± 31.5 | 5.1 ± 3.1 | 20.5 ± 13.5 | N = 6; 46% | 0 | 9 months |
Calibre et al (2013) 38 | 5 | Skin grafting + NPWT | ND | ND | ND | 34 (20–43) | 0 | ND | ND |
Jandali et al (2013) 29 | 9 | Thoracodorsal artery perforator | ND | 74 | ND | ND | N = 2; 22;% | 11.1% | 20 months |
Mean | 12.7 | 125.94 | 4.9 | 38.2 | 26.4% | 1.4% | ±15 |
Abbreviations: NPWT, negative‐pressure wound therapy; STSG, split‐thickness skin graft.