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Role of Indocyanine Green Angiography in Free Flap Surgery: A Comparative Outcome Analysis of a Single-Center Large Series of 877 Consecutive Free Flaps

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2023
Purpose This study aims to assess and validate the role and cost-effectiveness of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in free flap surgery outcomes. A new intraoperative protocol of whole-body surface warming (WBSW) for all free flap surgeries during ...
Sunil Choudhary, Soumya Khanna, Raghav Mantri, Prateek Arora   +3 more
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Difference between Capillary Blood Glucose of Free Flap and the Patient: A Novel Objective Marker of Free Flap Vascular Compromise during Postoperative Monitoring

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2023
Background Defining cut-off values of flap glucose levels in diagnosing free flap vascular compromise, without taking patients' glucose levels into account, does not hold good in all circumstances, especially in cases of high fluctuations in patients ...
Sourabh Shankar Chakraborty, Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Manojit Midya, Anjana Malhotra, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Ashish Pundhir, Sudeshna Acharya   +6 more
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Free Flap Reconstruction of Head and Neck Defects after Oncologic Ablation: One Surgeon's Outcomes in 42 Cases

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2014
Background Free flap surgery for head and neck defects has gained popularity as an advanced microvascular surgical technique. The aims of this study are first, to determine whether the known risk factors such as comorbidity, tobacco use, obesity, and ...
Yun Sub Lim, Jun Sik Kim, Nam Gyun Kim, Kyung Suk Lee, Jae Hoon Choi, Sang Woo Park   +5 more
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The axillary approach to raising the latissimus dorsi free flap for facial re-animation: a descriptive surgical technique [PDF]

, 2015
The latissimus dorsi flap is popular due to the versatile nature of its applications. When used as a pedicled flap it provides a robust solution when soft tissue coverage is required following breast, thoracic and head and neck surgery.
Butler, D, Grobbelaar, A, Leckenby, J
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Flap Viability after Direct Immediate Application of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Free Flaps: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of Reported Outcomes

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open, 2019
Background The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices has gained wide acceptance in the management of wounds. There have been a few reported cases of its use immediately after free tissue transfer.
Jude L. Opoku-Agyeman, David V. Matera, Jamee E. Simone, Amir B. Behnam   +3 more
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Thromboelastometry for Assessing Risks of Free Flap Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Microvascular Surgery

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Coagulation assessment is often missing in microvascular surgery. We aimed at evaluating the predictive value of thromboelastometry for free flap thrombosis in microvascular surgery patients.Materials and Methods: We enrolled 103 adult ...
Indulis Vanags, Indulis Vanags, Jevgenijs Stepanovs, Agnese Ozolina, Agnese Ozolina, Maksims Mukans, Lars J. Bjertnaes, Biruta Mamaja, Biruta Mamaja   +8 more
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Comparison of Clinical and Functional Outcomes Using Pectoralis Major and Cutaneous Free Flaps for Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2015
Background The purpose of this study was to compare postoperative morbidities and functional outcomes of pectoralis major myocutaneous (PMMC) flap and cutaneous free flap reconstruction approaches in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients.
Taeyul Lee, Chulhoon Chung, Yongjoon Chang, Jaehyun Kim   +3 more
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Head and neck reconstruction with pedicled flaps in the free flap era. [PDF]

, 2016
Nowadays, the transposition of microvascular free flaps is the most popular method for management of head and neck defects. However, not all patients are suitable candidates for free flap reconstruction. In addition, not every defect requires a free flap
Bonomo P., Colletti G., Deganello Alberto, Dolivet G., Iavarone A., Livi L., Mahieu R., Parrinello G.   +7 more
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Trends in immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2015
The study aimed to evaluate local and national trends in immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) using the national English administrative records, Hospital Episode Statistics.
Athanasiou, Thanos, Aylin, Paul, Bottle, Alex, Darzi, Ara, Gui, Gerald, Hadjiminas, Dimitri J., Leff, Daniel R., Mayer, Erik, Patten, Darren K., Rao, Christopher   +9 more
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Analysis of Factors Determining Patient Survival after Receiving Free-Flap Reconstruction at a Single Center—A Retrospective Cohort Study

Diagnostics, 2022
Background: Microsurgical tissue transfer revolutionized reconstructive surgery after extensive trauma, oncological resections, and severe infections.
Nicholas Moellhoff, Sara Taha, Nikolaus Wachtel, Maximilian Hirschmann, Marc Hellweg, Riccardo E. Giunta, Denis Ehrl   +6 more
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