Free Flap Reconstruction Clinical Trial
Official title:
Malnutrition is Not a Risk Factor for Free Flap Failure in the Oral Cavity
Free flap reconstruction consists in replacing tissular defect from one body part by another
tissu harvested in a distant site. Microsurgery has to be performed to restore
vascularization.
Free flaps are now the gold standard in complex reconstruction. While reliable with a success
rate superior to 95 %, a failure takes a heavy burden on the patient. Many risk factors have
been highlitghted in free flap failure for head and neck microvascular reconstruction.
Among them, malnutrition is still debated. This is a retrospective cohort study comparing
complications occurrence between two groups. One group with normal nutritionnal status, the
other with malnutrition. Between january 2008 and january 2018, 70 patients who underwent
oral cavity reconstruction using free flap were included. This is the first study known to
date which uses clinical and biological variables to determine the nutritionnal status.
Malnutrition is not associated with a higher risk for free flap failure in the oral cavity.
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| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not yet recruiting |
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