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Table 3 Flap details

From: Clinical outcomes of perforator-based propeller flaps versus free flaps in soft tissue reconstruction for lower leg and foot trauma: a retrospective single-centre comparative study

  

PPF

FF

p value

Numbers of patients

 

15

18

 

Numbers of flaps

 

18

20

 

Flap perforator origin

PTA

16

―

 
 

PA

2

―

 

Rotation angle (degrees): mean ± SD (range)

 

149 ± 39 (45–180)

―

 

Flap type

ALT

―

13

 
 

LD

―

7

 

Recipient artery

PTA

―

11

 
 

ATA

―

3

 
 

Dorsalis pedis artery

―

6

 

Arterial anastomotic type

End-to-end

―

2

 
 

End-to-side

―

18

 

Flap size (cm2)

 

48 ± 17 (24–80)

118 ± 55 (40–202)

 <  0.001

Main artery calcificationa

 

5

1

0.08

Operation time (min): mean ± SD (range)b

 

213 ± 71 (110–318)

605 ± 208 (361–1093)

 <  0.001

Skin graft for donor site

 

8

1

0.007

  1. PPF Perforator propeller flap, FF Free flap, PTA Tibialis posterior artery, PA Peroneal artery, SD Standard deviation, ALT Anterolateral thigh flap, LD Latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap, ATA Tibialis anterior artery
  2. aMain artery from which the perforator branched used in PPF and anastomosed recipient artery using in FF
  3. bIncludes other procedures such as open reduction and internal fixation