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| Study | Type of surgery | Type of free flap | Flap failure | Immediate post-operative complications |
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| Engroff and Kim (2007) [28] | 2 x Segmental | 2 x FFF | 0 | Small Neck hematoma in one patient |
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| Ferrari et al. (2008) [29] | Sub-total | 1x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Mücke et al. (2009) [30] | 2 x Segmental | 1 x FFF; 1x ICFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Nocini et al. (2009) [31] | 7 x Subtotal | 7 x FFF | 0 | Rupture of mini-plate in one patient |
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| Seth et al. (2010) [32] | NR | 11 x FFF | 0 | Prolonged infection in one patient; Fistula and infection in three patients. |
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| Bedogni et al. (2011) [33] | NR | 3 x FFF | 1 (a year later) | 0 |
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| Pautke et al. (2011) [34] | Segmental | 1 x ICFF | 0 | Fistula resolved with removal of plate |
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| Bittner et al. (2012) [35] | Segmental | 1 x SFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Ghazali et al. (2013) [36] | Segmental | 1 x FFF | 0 | Sinus bradycardia |
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| Hanasono et al. (2013) [37] | 6 x subtotal
5 x segmental | 11 x FFF | 1 | Hematoma in one patient; Pneumonia in one patient; Deep vein thrombosis in one patient; Small bowel obstruction in one patient. All complications occurred in FFF |
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| Horta et al. (2014) [38] | 1 x segmental | 1 x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Spinelli et al. (2014) [39] | 8 x subtotal | 8 x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Vercruysse et al. (2014) [25] | 2 x Partial; 1 x Segmental | 3 x ICFF | 1 (segmental- 16 days later) | 1 (failure) |
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| Kim et al. (2015) [40] | NR | 4 x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Mücke et al. (2016) [41] | NR | 9 x FFF
5 x ICFF | NR | NR |
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| Neto et al. (2016) [26] | 1 x segmental | 1 x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Sotsuka et al. (2016) [42] | NR | 1 x FFF | 0 | 0 |
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| Caldroney et al. (2017) [43] | 6 x segmental
5 x sub total | 4 x SFF
7 x FFF | 0 | Two cases with wound infection and dehiscence and one case the plate was removed. (3 different patients). One FFF and two SFF |
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