Head and neck reconstruction with free flaps: a report on 213 cases.
The aim of this retrospective study is to review the experience of our institution in performing microvascular head and neck reconstruction between 2000 and 2004. During this period, 213 free flaps, including 146 radial forearm free flaps, 60 fibular flaps and 7 scapular flaps, were performed. Free flap success rate and complications were reported. The pre-treatment factors influencing these results were subsequently analyzed. Functional and aesthetic outcomes were evaluated by the same clinician. There were 14 free flap failures, giving an overall free flap success rate of 93.4%. Salvage surgery for recurrent cancer was the only factor correlated with a higher risk of free flap failure (P = 0.0004). The local complication rate was 20.9%. High level of comorbidity (P = 0.009), salvage surgery for recurrent cancer (P = 0.03) and hypopharyngeal surgery (P = 0.002) were associated with a higher risk of local complications. An unrestricted oral diet and an intelligible speech were recovered by respectively 76 and 88% of the patients. Microvascular free flaps represent an essential and reliable technique for head neck reconstruction and allow satisfactory functional results.
Dassonville
Olivier
O
Département d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de chirurgie de la Face et du Cou, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, 33 Avenue de Valombrose, 06189, Nice Cedex, France. alexandre.bozec@nice.fnclcc.fr
Poissonnet
Gilles
G
Chamorey
Emmanuel
E
Vallicioni
Jacques
J
Demard
François
F
Santini
Joseph
J
Lecoq
Mayeul
M
Converset
Sophie
S
Mahdyoun
Pouya
P
Bozec
Alexandre
A
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006257:Head / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps
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