Postoperative Follow up After Head and Face Reconstructive Surgeries

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deformity of Face

Treatments: Procedure: Severe head and face deformity reconstructive surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04405687

Follow Up

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this observational follow-up study, patients with type III-IV head and face soft tissue deformities/defects following reconstructive surgeries will be asked to fill out 3 questionnaires, either through phone calls or video calls, in order to evaluate the post-operative outcomes such as morphological and functional recovery, quality of life and patients' return to the community.

Full description

The objective of this follow up study is to evaluate the effectiveness and to analyze the limitations of the existing management and treatment of severe burn injuries. Investigation of the factors affecting the recovery and patients' return to the community in patients with severe burn injury may lead to effective amendments of the existing management, and thus aiding in the development of an integrated diagnosis and treatment guidelines.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Preoperative facial soft tissue deformities/defects of type III and IV
2. Major reconstructive surgery of the head and neck (flap transfer with revision at least once) performed before January 1, 2019.
3. Agreed and able to cooperate with the follow-ups, with signed informed consent form or audio recorded informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with mental illness, reduced cognitive capacity, unable to consent and unable to cooperate.
2. Minor patients without legal guardian.
3. Not willing to participate; informed consent form not signed.

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Severe head and face deformity

Treatment:

Procedure: Severe head and face deformity reconstructive surgery