Table 3.
Complications reported in included studies.
| Author, y | Follow-up (mo) | Complications |
|---|---|---|
| Leunig et al., 2013 [12] | 6 | LFCN dysesthesia: similar rates (longitudinal 23% vs bikini 16%; P = .25) |
| LFCN hypesthesia: similar rates (longitudinal 60.6% vs bikini 61.5%; P = .942) | ||
| Leunig et al., 2018 [9] | 24-48 | LFCN hypoesthesia: lower rate in the bikini group (longitudinal 14.5% vs bikini 7.5%; P < .001) |
| HO: similar rates (P = .311) | ||
| Revision: similar rates (longitudinal 2.3%, 13/556 vs bikini 1.5%, 6/398). | ||
| Manrique et al., 2019 [17] | 6 | LFCN dysesthesia: similar rates (longitudinal 3.0%, 7/23 vs bikini 2.3%, 2/86; P = .37); |
| Delayed wound healing: similar rates at 20 d (longitudinal 6.1% vs bikini 2.3%; P = .37). | ||
| Menzies-Wilson et al., 2020 [18] | 6-24 | Superficial wound infection: “clinically irrelevant differences” between groups at 24 mo (longitudinal 0.8% vs bikini 1.1%). |
| Rüdiger et al., 2020 [19] | 3 | HO: lower incidence of Brooker grade 3-4 HO in bikini group (longitudinal 11.8%, 27/229 vs bikini 4.0%, 7/172; P = .00011); no Brooker grade 4 HO in bikini group. |
| Sang et al., 2021 [16] | 6 | LFCN injury: |
| 1.5 mo Higher rates in bikini group (longitudinal 21.9%, 23/96 vs bikini 36.4%, 36/99; P = .026) | ||
| 6 mo Similar rates (longitudinal 4.2%, 4/96 vs bikini 7.1%, 7/99; P = .380) | ||
| Wang et al., 2021a [20] | 3 | LFCN dysesthesia: longitudinal 14.0%, 6/43 vs bikini 15.6%, 5/32 |
| Venous thromboembolism: longitudinal 2.3%, 1/43 vs bikini 3.1%, 1/32 | ||
| Wang et al., 2021b [21] | 6 | LFCN injury: similar rates between groups; |
| Delayed wound healing: similar rates; | ||
| Infection: similar rates; | ||
| Venous thromboembolism: similar rates. |
NR, not reported.