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Surgical complications were accounted for and the two groups compared accordingly.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, there were no significant differences between the two groups of patients regarding the rate of major (15.72% versus 10.91%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.506) and minor surgical complications (6.92% versus 3.64%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.522). The total percentage of flap losses in the small to medium defect size group was 5.03%. 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