Changes of perfusion of microvascular free flaps in the head and neck: a prospective clinical study

T Mücke, A Rau, A Merezas, A Kanatas… - British Journal of Oral …, 2014 - Elsevier
Reconstruction with a free flap is routine in head and neck surgery. However, reliable assessment
of perfusion … evaluated it in 4 types of microvascular free flaps in the oral cavity (n = 196…

Perfusion of microvascular free flaps in head and neck reconstruction after prior neck dissection and irradiation

M Ooms, B Puladi, P Winnand, M Heitzer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
… after prior neck dissection (ND) and neck irradiation (RTX)… flap perfusion as a critical factor
for flap success. Overall, 392 patients reconstructed with a microvascular fasciocutaneous flap

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of vascular comorbidities on free flap perfusion in microvascular head and neck reconstruction

M Ooms, M Heitzer, P Winnand, A Bock, M Katz… - European Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
… All patients had undergone microvascular head and neck reconstruction in our … flaps
used were radial free forearm flaps (RFFF), anterolateral thigh flaps (ALTF), or fibula free flaps

[HTML][HTML] Smoking and microvascular free flap perfusion in head and neck reconstruction: radial free forearm flaps and anterolateral thigh flaps

M Ooms, B Puladi, KS Houschyar, M Heitzer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
… of smoking on flap perfusion as a critical factor for flap survival. A total of 370 … reconstructed
with a radial free forearm flap (RFFF) or anterolateral thigh flap (ALTF) in the head and neck

New aspects in free flap surgery: Mini-perforator flaps and extracorporeal flap perfusion

KD Wolff - Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
… Moreover, for patients necessarily needing a free flap, but having vessel depleted,
irradiated necks, we have developed a first idea of extracorporeal flap perfusion to make …

Complications of free flap transfers for head and neck reconstruction following cancer resection

EM Genden, A Rinaldo, C Suárez, WI Wei, PJ Bradley… - Oral oncology, 2004 - Elsevier
… The skin paddle monitor may be considered the most accurate and reliable way to monitor
free flap perfusion. The advantage of the skin paddle monitor is that it relates information …

[HTML][HTML] Free flap transplantation using an extracorporeal perfusion device: First three cases

KD Wolff, T Mücke, A von Bomhard, LM Ritschl… - Journal of Cranio …, 2016 - Elsevier
… Successful mandible reconstruction in three consecutive patients with irradiated, vessel-depleted
neck using an extracorporeal perfusion device provides proof that complex tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Attached compared with unattached surface probes for monitoring flap perfusion in microvascular head and neck reconstruction: a feasibility study

M Ooms, P Winnand, M Heitzer, F Peters, A Bock… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
… for extraoral free flaps. The study included 34 patients who underwent extraoral microvascular
head and neck reconstruction between 2020 and 2022. Flap perfusion was monitored …

Intraoperative ICG-based fluorescence-angiography in head and neck reconstruction: Predictive value for impaired perfusion of free flaps

S Schoepper, R Smeets, M Gosau, H Hanken - Journal of Cranio …, 2022 - Elsevier
… be used to predict perfusion-associated flap failure, which … and neck reconstruction and
suffered a short-term flap failure … after microsurgical reconstruction in the head and neck area, as …

Identification of perioperative risk factor by laser‐doppler spectroscopy after free flap perfusion in the head and neck: A prospective clinical study

T Mücke, A Rau, A Merezas, DJ Loeffelbein… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… The aim of this study was to evaluate perioperative flap perfusion using … free flap success.
Measurements of blood flow, velocity, Hb, and SO 2 were performed in 196 microvascular flaps