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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2008.04.002 | DOI Listing |
Head Neck
December 2024
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Objectives: Virtual surgical planning (VSP) allows for optimal reconstruction of maxillary defects with fibula free flaps. Current data are limited regarding long-term complications of patient-specific plates (PSPs) in this setting. Our objective was to determine long-term complications of PSPs in maxillary reconstruction using fibula free flaps.
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December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the predictive abilities of the 5-item modified Frailty Index (5-mFI), Prognostic Nutrition Index (PNI), and their combination in older adult patients undergoing oral cancer resection and free flap reconstruction.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Secondary care involving multiple centres treating older adult patients for oral cancer.
J Reconstr Microsurg
December 2024
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia.
Background: Multidisciplinary care with vascular surgery and plastic surgery is essential for lower extremity free flap (LEFF) success in the chronic wound population with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease. There is a lack of understanding on performing targeted direct endovascular reperfusion on a vessel that will be used as the flap recipient. Our study compares outcomes of patients who received targeted revascularization (TR) to the recipient vessel for LEFF anastomosis versus nontargeted revascularization (NR) of arterial recipients prior to LEFF.
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December 2024
Dr. Elie E. Rebeiz Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: This retrospective cohort study aims to compare donor site morbidity of three commonly used upper extremity flaps used in head and neck reconstructive surgery: scapular tip free flap (STFF), radial forearm free flap (RFFF), and pectoralis major pedicled flap (PMPF).
Methods: The billing database of an urban, academic, tertiary otolaryngology practice was queried to identify patients who underwent STFF, RFFF, and PMPF from 2020 to 2023. The primary outcome was identification of donor site pain and need for physical therapy (PT) referral after undergoing reconstruction.
Ann Plast Surg
December 2024
From the Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Background: Complex lower extremity defects are difficult to cover and often require multiple free tissue transfers. Chimeric anterolateral thigh free flaps (ALTF) and peroneal artery perforator free flaps (PAPF) have been designed specifically as an alternative for reconstruction with arterial end-to-side (ETS) anastomosis. We aimed to assess our institutional experience with this technique and to define its role in complex lower extremity reconstruction.
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