From: Use of muscular flaps for the treatment of hip prosthetic joint infection: a systematic review
Number of patients | 210 |
- Male | 103 (49.0%) |
- Female | 102 (48.6%) |
- Not reported | 5 (2.4%) |
Mean Age (years) | 69.6 (SD 10.8) |
Mean Follow-up (years) | 3.3 (SD 1.5) |
Mean number of surgeries before flap | 4.7 (SD 2.4) |
Number of flaps | 220 |
- Vastus lateralis | 155 (70.4%) |
- Rectus femoris | 49 (22.3%) |
- Rectus abdominis | 7 (3.2%) |
- Gluteus maximus | 4 (1.8%) |
- Latissimus dorsi | 3 (1.4%) |
- Tensor fascia latissimus | 2 (0.9%) |