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Risk Factors Leading to Free Flap Failure: Analysis From the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database

The Journal of craniofacial surgery (Print), 2016
Background:The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for free flap failure among various anatomically based free flap subgroups. Methods:The 2005 to 2012 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database ...
Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, B. Massenburg, J. Rozehnal, Michael J. Ingargiola, Jonatan Hernandez Rosa, P. Taub   +5 more
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Vascular Complications and Free Flap Salvage in Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery: Analysis of 150 Cases of Reexploration

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2017
Introduction Despite the excellent reliability of free tissue transfer, flap failure is devastating, and in addition to patient morbidity, it may increase hospital stay and associated costs. Previous studies have evaluated factors related to flap salvage,
Yen-Hao Chiu, Dun-hao Chang, C. Perng
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Minimizing free flap donor-site morbidity

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 2016
Purpose of reviewFasciocutaneous and osteocutaneous free flap reconstruction has significantly changed the way surgeons reconstruct defects following ablation of head and neck tumors.
B. Harris, Arnaud F. Bewley
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Algorithm for free perforator flap selection in lower extremity reconstruction based on 563 cases.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019
BACKGROUND Microsurgical lower extremity reconstruction remains a challenge. The use of perforator flaps in lower extremity reconstruction is expanding.
Usama Abdelfattah, Hollie A. Power, S. Song, Kyunghyun Min, H. Suh, J. Hong   +5 more
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Analysis of risk factors associated with microvascular free flap failure using a multi‐institutional database

Microsurgery, 2015
There are numerous factors that may contribute to microvascular free flap failure. Although technical issues are dominant factors, patient and clinical characteristics are also contributory.
Alex K. Wong, T. JoAnna Nguyen, Mirna Peric, Ahva Shahabi, Evan N. Vidar, Brian H. Hwang, Solmaz Niknam Leilabadi, Linda S. Chan, M. Urata   +8 more
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Preoperative radiation and free flap outcomes for head and neck reconstruction: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

ANZ journal of surgery, 2015
There is a general consensus among reconstructive surgeons that preoperative radiotherapy is associated with a higher risk of flap failure and complications in head and neck surgery. Opinion is also divided regarding the effects of radiation dose on free
Pradyumna Herle, L. Shukla, W. Morrison, R. Shayan   +3 more
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The Efficacy of Postoperative Antithrombotics in Free Flap Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2015
Background: Although the efficacy of postoperative antithrombotics in free flap survival is well demonstrated through animal studies, debate remains in the clinical literature.
K. Lee, G. Mun
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The time course and microbiology of surgical site infections after head and neck free flap surgery

The Laryngoscope, 2015
Determine the time of onset and microbiology of surgical site infections (SSIs) following head and neck free flap reconstructive surgeries.
M. Durand, Bharat B. Yarlagadda, D. Rich, D. Lin, K. Emerick, J. Rocco, D. Deschler   +6 more
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Transfusion in Head and Neck Free Flap Patients

Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, 2015
Objective To characterize patterns of utilization and outcomes following transfusion in head and neck patients undergoing free flap reconstruction. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting Tertiary academic medical center. Subjects and Methods
Sidharth V. Puram, B. Yarlagadda, Rosh K V Sethi, V. Muralidhar, K. Chambers, K. Emerick, J. Rocco, D. Lin, D. Deschler   +8 more
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Long‐term outcomes of the minimally invasive free vascularized omental lymphatic flap for the treatment of lymphedema

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017
The free vascularized omental lymphatic flap provides an option without the risk for iatrogenic donor site lymphedema that plagues alternative lymph node transfer donor sites.
Alexander T. Nguyen, H. Suami, M. Hanasono, Veda A. Womack, F. Wong, E. Chang   +5 more
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