Clinical Study
The Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure
Table 3
Analysis of success grafts versus failed grafts, data presented as (
, %) unless otherwise stated.
| | Graft success () | Failure () | value |
| Age (median) | 79 years old | 78 years old | 0.908 | Sex (male : female) | 21 : 27 | 8 : 14 | 0.753 | Venous insufficiency | 25 (52%) | 15 (60%) | 0.547 | Ischemic heart disease | 24 (50%) | 13 (59%) | 0.702 | Diabetes | 11 (23%) | 8 (36%) | 0.374 | Peripheral vascular disease | 20 (42%) | 16 (73%) | 0.030 | Smoking | 7 (15%) | 5 (23%) | 0.605 | BMI (median) | 30 | 42 | 0.007 | Bed rest | 32 (67%) | 16 (73%) | 0.829 | Vacuum dressing | 30 (63%) | 19 (86%) | 0.093 | Split thickness skin graft | 44 (92%) | 20 (91%) | 0.999 | Immunosuppressants | 1 (2%) | 5 (22%) | 0.020 | Acute operations | 7 (14.5%) | 4 (18%) | 0.951 | Graft size (median) | 0.94 cm2 | 1.28 cm2 | 0.331 |
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