Clinical Study

Risk Factors and Surgical Refinements of Postresective Mandibular Reconstruction: A Retrospective Study

Table 4

Number of cases with complications in each type of soft-tissue free flap.

Type of flapPatients
(%)
Number of cases with plate infection or exposure

No flap1 (3.8)1
Radial forearm4 (14.3)2
RAM16 (57.1)1
PMMC7 (25.0)1

Total28 (100)5

RAM: rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap and PMMC: pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap.