From: Free versus pedicled flaps for reconstruction of head and neck cancer defects: a systematic review
 | Total # of articles reporting (total = n) | # of articles reporting differences (total n) | Articles reporting difference | FF | PF | p-value |
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OR time, min (mean ± SD) | 12 A, B, C, E, H, I, L, M, O, R, U, Ab (n = 1727) | 9 (n = 1634) | Sinha, 2017 | 421.4 ± 4.4 | 332.7 ± 10.7 | 0.0001 |
Goyal, 2017 | 427.2 ± 92.3 | 310.8 ± 125.0 | 0.001 | |||
Li, 2016 | 405 ± 107 | 365 ± 48 | < 0.05 | |||
Howard, 2016 | 683 (575–979) | 544 (396–700) | 0.00817 | |||
Forner, 2016 | 552 | 347 | < 0.05 | |||
Granzow, 2013 | 816.3 ± 148.9 | 587.9 ± 130.5 | 0.0002 | |||
Paydarfar, 2011 | 780 | 506.4 | 0.001 | |||
de Bree, 2007 | 692 | 462 | < 0.005 | |||
Tsue, 1997 | 684 ± 16 | 666 ± 20 | 0.003 | |||
OR time, hour (mean ± SD) | 6 D, N, T, V, Ac, Ad (n = 474) | 4 (n = 384) | Kozin, 2016 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 0.002 |
Mallet, 2009 | 7.01 ± 1.19) | 4.19 ± 0.57 | < 0.001 | |||
Smeele, 2006 | 12.5 ± 1.9 | 9.9 ± 1.5 | < 0.0001 | |||
Kroll, 1997 | 10.49 ± 2.06 | 9.39 ± 2.59 | 0.029 | |||
OR time of > 600 min | 1 J (n = 110) | 1 (n = 110) | Zhang X, 2014 | 59 (74.68%) | 3 (9.68%) | 0.001 |
Hospit length, days (mean ± SD) | 17 D, E, H, I, L, M, O, R, S, T, U, V, X, Z, Ab, Ac, Ad (n = 1104) | 7 (n = 634) | Howard, 2016 | 9.8 (7–22) | 4.75 (2–14) | 0.004 |
Zhang S, 2015 | 17 ± 2.5 | 12 ± 1.7 | < 0.05 | |||
Paydarfar, 2011 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 0.008 | |||
de Bree, 2007 | 24 | 28 | 0.005 | |||
Chepeha, 2004 | 12 | 14 | 0.006 | |||
Kroll, 1997 | 13.2 ± 5.4 | 19.8 ± 11.5 | 0.003 | |||
Kroll, 1992 | 11.3 | 21.2 | 0.003 | |||
ICU length, days (mean ± SD) | 4 H, L, V, Ab (n = 172) | 1 (n = 34) | Granzow, 2013 | 5.6 (4–9) | 1.8 (0–5) | 0.0001 |
Hospital cost | 9 D, H, M, R, U, V, Z, Ab, Ac (n = 563) | 4 (n = 339) | Kozin, 2016 | SCAIF 32% less expensive than FTT | 0.0001 | |
Deganello, 2013 | 22,924 | 19,872 | 0.043 | |||
Tsue, 1997 | 50,026 ± 4340 | 38,246 ± 1440 | 0.003 | |||
Kroll, 1997 | 28,460 ± 8435 | 40,992 ± 1958 | 0.001 |