Analysis of multiple risk factors affecting the result of free flap transfer for necrotising soft tissue defects of the lower extremities in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Published in: Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery Vol. 67; no. 5; pp. 624 - 628
• Main Authors: Lee, Yung Ki, Park, Keun Yung, Koo, Youn Taek, Baek, Rong Min, Heo, Chan Yeong, Eun, Seok Chan, Lee, Tae Seung, Lee, Kyoung Min, Kim, Baek Kyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Analysis of risk factors; Calcinosis - complications; Creatinine - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetic Foot - pathology; Diabetic Foot - surgery; Female; Foot - pathology; Free flap survival; Free Tissue Flaps - adverse effects; Humans; Limb-threatening large soft tissue defects; Male; Middle Aged; Myocutaneous Flap - adverse effects; Necrosis - etiology; Necrosis - surgery; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - complications; Plastic Surgery; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Treatment Failure; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Free flap survival; Limb-threatening large soft tissue defects; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Analysis of risk factors

Summary Background The limb-threatening large soft tissue defects that occur on the feet of type 2 diabetic patients have complex causes and are less likely to be corrected by free flap reconstruction compared to those in non-diabetic patients. We retrospectively analysed factors affecting the succe...