| Author | Number of patients | Time of defect closing | Frequency of flap necrosis | Frequency of deep wound infection | Duration of hospital stay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godina 1986 | 532 | to 72 hours | 0.75% | 1.5% | 27 |
| from 72 hours to 3 months | 12% | 17.5% | 130 | ||
| more than 3 months | 9.5 | 6% | 256 | ||
| Gopal et al. 2000 | 63 | to 72 hours | - | 3% | |
| 11 | more than 72 hours | - | 19% | - | |
| Hou et al. 2011 | 34 | 10.9 days | 14.8% | 34% | - |
| Kamath et al. 2012 | 94 | to 10 days | 4.2% | 17% | - |
| 38 | from 10 days to 6 weeks | 18.4% | 55.3% | - | |
| 19 | more than 6 weeks | 15.8% | 38.6% | - | |
| Chua et al. 2014 | 30 | to 72 hours | 20% | 27% | 31.4 |
| 59 | more than 72 hours | 9% | 63% | 55.8 |