Outcomes in microvascular head and neck reconstruction in the setting of restricted residency hours

• Published in: American journal of otolaryngology Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 522 - 526
• Main Authors: Park, Richard Chan Woo, Bresler, Amishav Y., Bansal, Amy P., Baredes, Soly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Chemotherapy; Cohort Studies; Databases, Factual; Demographics; Diabetes; Education, Medical, Graduate - methods; Failure; Female; Fistula; Flaps; Follow-Up Studies; Free Tissue Flaps - blood supply; Free Tissue Flaps - transplantation; Graft Survival; Head and neck; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Heart attacks; Hospitals, University; Humans; Hypertension; Intensive care; Internship and Residency - methods; Male; Microvasculature; Monitoring, Physiologic - methods; Nursing; Otolaryngology; Patients; Postoperative Care - standards; Postoperative Care - trends; Prospective Studies; Reconstruction; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - education; Risk Factors; Salvage; Success; Surgery; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ireland

Resident duty hour restrictions can limit the frequency of resident flap checks at smaller institutions with “home” call. Institutions are compensating with adjuvant nursing flap checks as well as incorporating technology; however, this management remains controversial. A prospective cohort of 122 f...