Analysis of salvage operation in head and neck microsurgical reconstruction

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 117; no. 2; p. 357
• Main Authors: Hyodo, Ikuo, Nakayama, Bin, Kato, Hisakazu, Hasegawa, Yasuhisa, Ogawa, Tetsuya, Terada, Akihiro, Torii, Shuhei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antibiotic Prophylaxis; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Humans; Male; Maxillary Neoplasms - surgery; Microsurgery - adverse effects; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Salvage Therapy; Surgical Flaps - adverse effects; Surgical Flaps - blood supply; Surgical Wound Infection - etiology; Surgical Wound Infection - surgery; Time Factors; Venous Thrombosis - etiology; Venous Thrombosis - surgery

In this study, we examined salvage operations after reexploration in head and neck reconstruction and analyzed ways to solve problems. Free flap reconstruction of the head and neck lesion was carried out for 513 cases in our hospital over the past 12 years. Twenty-one cases of reexploration were cau...