Free Flaps : Should we Propose Them to the Elderly ?

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Head and neck reconstruction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03346928

CRC_GHN_2017_003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective was to evaluate perioperative morbidity after head and neck microsurgical reconstruction.

Full description

The objective was to evaluate perioperative morbidity after head and neck microsurgical reconstruction. A retrospective chart review of all patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstruction was conducted and the overall hospital length of stay and the incidence of perioperative medical and surgical complications were assessed.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Head and neck cancer
• Microsurgical free flap reconstruction
• 18 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria