Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open • Vol 8 • No 9S
Postoperative Complications Associated With Choice of Reconstruction in Head and Neck Cancer: An Outcome Analysis From the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Database
September 2020 • Jacob Katsnelson, Richard Tyrell, Ely Manstein, Murad J. Karadsheh, Brian L. Egleston, Mengying Deng, Sameer A. Patel
BACKGROUND: Microsurgical free flaps have supplanted myocutaneous pedicled flaps as the gold standard for head and neck cancer reconstruction in terms of lending a superior functional and aesthetic result.1–4 However, factors relating to postoperative complications based on type of reconstruction have not been well-defined in the literature. In this study, we used the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement database to compare outcomes of patients who underwent free flap, myocutaneous pe…