Abstract:
:Free-tissue transfer in the elderly has received increasing attention in the literature. Existing reports are limited by small samples or inadequate definition of the term elderly. This study reviewed 5 years' experience with free-tissue transfer in a geriatric population (mean age 75 years, range 70 to 83 years). Forty-nine free flaps were performed in 42 patients between 1986 and 1991. This review focuses on the 39 flaps undertaken in 33 head and neck cancer patients, the main indication being reconstruction after tumor resection (80 percent). In the head and neck cancer group, donor sites included the radial forearm (20), rectus abdominis (6), jejunum (5), and others (8). Thirty-four flaps (87 percent) were primarily successful. Reexploration was required in 10 patients (26 percent) for compromised flaps (5) and bleeding (5). Three of the compromised flaps were salvaged, giving an overall flap success rate of 95 percent. One patient (3 percent) died within 30 days of surgery. These results compare favorably with other published series in elderly patients, as well as with larger cohorts of younger subjects. Free flaps are safe in the elderly. Chronologic age alone should not be an exclusion criterion when selecting patients for free-tissue transfer.
journal_name
Plast Reconstr Surgjournal_title
Plastic and reconstructive surgeryauthors
Malata CM,Cooter RD,Batchelor AG,Simpson KH,Browning FS,Kay SPdoi
10.1097/00006534-199612000-00018subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-12-01 00:00:00pages
1234-41issue
7eissn
0032-1052issn
1529-4242journal_volume
98pub_type
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006534-199808000-00009
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006534-199501000-00010
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000002020
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00006534-197802000-00007
更新日期:1978-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00006534-199507000-00007
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1982-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Plastic and reconstructive surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00