Background: Flap perfusion is a prerequisite for microvascular free flap survival and a
parameter routinely used for flap monitoring. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Purpose Arterial hypertension (AHTN), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and atherosclerotic
vascular disease (ASVD) are common vascular comorbidities in patients undergoing …

Reconstruction with a free flap is routine in head and neck surgery. However, reliable
assessment of perfusion can be difficult, so we prospectively evaluated it in 4 types of …

Purpose Despite microvascular free tissue transfer being the mainstay of care in the
reconstruction of larger maxillofacial defects, a significant number of patients experience …

Microvascular free flaps are frequently used for head and neck reconstruction after prior
neck dissection (ND) and neck irradiation (RTX). The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Microsurgical tissue transfer represents a standard technique for reconstruction in
craniomaxillofacial surgery. The transferred tissue is anastomosed to vessels of varying …

Objective Aging is associated with structural and functional cardiovascular changes that may
affect microvascular free flap perfusion, which is a prerequisite for flap viability and flap …

Venous congestion accounts for most microvascular free tissue flaps failures. Given the lack
of consensus on the use of single versus dual venous outflow, the authors present our …

Microvascular free flap surgery has become a successful and reliable method of
reconstruction following head and neck cancer resection. The effectiveness of free flap …

Background The behavior of blood flow changes within free flaps following microvascular
anastomosis is not well described in the literature. The aim of this study was to determine the …