Impact of patient comorbidities on head and neck microvascular reconstruction. A report on 423 cases

C Vandersteen, O Dassonville, E Chamorey… - European Archives of …, 2013 - Springer
… of patient comorbidities on the outcomes of head and neck microvascular reconstruction. A
… The impact of vascular comorbidity (p = 0.01) on the mean length of stay was confirmed in …

[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
… This study demonstrated that vascular comorbidities such as AHTN, DM, and ASVD have
no impact on initial microvascular free flap perfusion. Interestingly, in our data set, before …

Analysis of outcome and complications in 400 cases of microvascular head and neck reconstruction

JD Suh, JA Sercarz, E Abemayor… - … head & neck surgery, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
vascular pedicles containing large caliber blood vessels. … of complications associated
with microvascular head and neck … We believe that rarely used and complicated comorbidity

Alterations to vascular endothelium in the optic nerve head in patients with vascular comorbidities

MH Kang, C Balaratnasingam, KY Paula… - Experimental eye …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Eyes with a previous history of vascular occlusion were not included in this … if vascular
comorbidities had a disparate effect on arterial and venous endothelium in the optic nerve head. …

[HTML][HTML] Four lessons learned from complications in head and neck microvascular reconstructions and prevention strategies

L Vieira, D Isacson, EOF Dimovska… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… Accounting for the high rate of vascular comorbidities in this patient group, careful patient
selection is key. A preoperative computer tomography angiogram should certainly be …

Postoperative complications in 202 cases of microvascular head and neck reconstruction

P Pohlenz, M Blessmann, M Heiland, F Blake… - Journal of Cranio …, 2007 - Elsevier
… The incidence of postoperative complications is related to the preoperative comorbidity. …
The impact of previous radiotherapy on local tissue and vasculature and its negative impact on …

Microvascular head and neck reconstruction in the elderly: the University of Brescia experience

C Piazza, A Grammatica, A Paderno, V Taglietti… - Head & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… In particular, we evaluated if age, comorbidities, and previous medical treatments were …
of the donor vein, geometry and orientation of the vascular pedicle, and possibility to create a …

Is there an association between comorbidities and the outcome of microvascular free tissue transfer?

C Herold, A Gohritz, M Meyer-Marcotty… - Journal of …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
… Medical preconditions analyzed were cardiac comorbidities, occlusive vascular disease,
history of a … Whether the flap was transferred to the head or trunk or to either the upper or lower …

Relationships of comorbidities and old age with postoperative complications of head and neck free flaps: a review

K Hwang, JP Lee, SY Yoo, H Kim - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & …, 2016 - Elsevier
… age limit for microvascular free flap transfers for head and neck … free flap complications and
old age or comorbidities. … on a specific disease such as vascular disease or diabetes. Using …

Predictors of free flap loss in the head and neck region: A four-year retrospective study with 451 microvascular transplants at a single centre

T Mücke, LM Ritschl, M Roth, FD Güll, A Rau… - Journal of Cranio …, 2016 - Elsevier
… , microvascular reconstruction of defects in the head and neck region has proven to be highly
reliable, even in patients with comorbidities. … , to impact vascular architecture and therefore …