Table 1 Patient characteristics
Variable | Value (%) |
|---|---|
No. of patients | 53 |
Age (year) | |
Mean | 23 |
Range | 2–72 |
Sex | |
Male | 25 (47) |
Female | 28 (53) |
Etiology | |
Traffic accident | 24 (45) |
Machine injury | 12 (23) |
Scar release | 7 (13) |
Chronic ulcer | 5 (9) |
Tumor resection | 4 (8) |
Explosive injury | 1 (2) |
Defect location | |
Upper arm and forearm | 5 (9) |
Hand and wrist | 11 (21) |
Thigh and lower leg | 20 (38) |
Foot and ankle | 17 (32) |
Type of TDAP flap | |
Simple application | 17 (32) |
Advanced applicationa | 36 (68) |
Chimeric | 30 (70) |
Microdissected debulking | 6 (14) |
Flow-through | 4 (9) |
Double skin paddle | 2 (5) |
Conjoined | 1 (2) |
Follow-up month (month) | |
Mean | 11 |
Range | 4–46 |