Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Whether postoperative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a necessity for patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstruction remains debatable. In August 2012, our institute initiated a policy to care for these patients in the ICU, opposed to the previous policy of care in the ward. Thus, we used this opportunity to compare outcomes between these 2 care approaches. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with oral cancer who underwent cancer ablation and immediate anterolateral thigh flap reconstruction from August 2010 to July 2014 were included in this retrospective study. Patients who simultaneously received an additional flap reconstruction were excluded. Before August 2012, these patients were routinely transferred to the ward for postoperative care (ward group, n = 179). Since August 2012, these patients have routinely been transferred to the ICU for postoperative care (ICU group, n = 138). RESULTS:Both groups had comparable flap outcomes in terms of the rates of take-back, successful salvage, flap survival, and flap complication. Compared with the ward group, the ICU group showed an increased use of postoperative sedation (26.7% vs 6.8%, P = 0.000), a correspondingly longer use of mechanical ventilation (3.0 ± 2.7 days vs 0.4 ± 1.4 days, P = 0.000), and a higher incidence of sepsis (3.6% vs 0%, P = 0.015). CONCLUSIONS:Postoperative care of patients who have undergone anterolateral thigh flap reconstruction after oral cancer ablation in the ward or ICU resulted in comparable flap outcomes. Risks and benefits between ward and ICU postoperative management in terms of nursing workloads, monitoring facilities, use of sedation and mechanical ventilation, and potential for sepsis should be taken into consideration when defining postoperative care settings in these patients.
journal_name
Ann Plast Surgjournal_title
Annals of plastic surgeryauthors
Chen WC,Hung KS,Chen SH,Shieh SJ,Lee JW,Hsiao JR,Lee YCdoi
10.1097/SAP.0000000000001301subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-02-01 00:00:00pages
S11-S14issue
2S Suppl 1eissn
0148-7043issn
1536-3708journal_volume
80pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Complications of miniplates and screws used for maxillofacial fractures were analyzed, and complications were evaluated in relation to fracture site. Motor vehicle accidents were the cause of all fractures in this study. During the last 7 years (1994-2001), noncompressive titanium miniplates and screws were used for s...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-200203000-00006
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::An extension of the "crane" principle is presented for use in compound frontal defects, and several case histories are described. The procedure would obviously not be possible if a foreign material had been used for the osseous defects, since take of the skin graft depends on circulation through the autogenous bone gr...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198410000-00008
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) after free tissue transfer of the small intestine results in transmural tissue damage. This study examined the effects of IRI on the jejunum. Wistar rats served either as controls (N=10) or underwent clamping of the infrarenal aorta for 1 hour followed by 1 hour of reperfusion (N=10)....
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-199806000-00008
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A short operative time and a high successful rate of microvascular anastomosis are the goals of many plastic surgeons. The authors present their experimental and clinical experience in microvascular anastomoses with the use of a combination of continuous suture and interrupted tie. Twenty rats were divided into two gr...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-200045030-00010
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::From 1979 to 1983, 14 patients were treated at the University of Maryland Hospital for injuries sustained as a result of the injection of crushed pentazocine tablets partially dissolved in water into the arterial system of the upper extremity. Eight patients received intraarterial reserpine within 15 hours of the inju...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198701000-00010
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intracompartmental sepsis (IS) is a rare complication in patients with burns. Intracompartmental sepsis presents in patients with inadequate perfusion of intracompartmental tissues and subsequent ischemic necrosis and infection. Contributing factors include high-volume resuscitation, delayed escharotomies, and previou...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000000691
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lymphatic vasculature is known to spontaneously reconnect after hand replantation. Nonetheless, lymphatic outflow has not been specifically studied in hand transplantation.Lymphedema was studied clinically and scintigraphically in 3 bilateral upper limb transplants performed in Valencia, Spain, since 2006. Case 1 was ...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e31828349ff
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the current tendency of increasing minimally invasive cosmetic surgeries, some rare but disastrous complications of facial filler injections come into sight, such as visual loss. The study aims to investigate the possible route that the injected droplet accesses the ophthalmic artery to explain and prevent such d...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000000572
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Skin grafting is a modern addition to surgery but with ancient roots. Its biology has come to light only within the last 50 years, and research continues into its basic mechanisms. A brief history of skin grafting from Susruta to Reverdin and Ollier and the mechanisms of skin grafting featuring recent research effects...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00000637-198810000-00011
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-199210000-00010
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Management of soft-tissue defects over the Achilles tendon presents specific challenges to the plastic surgeon. Primary closure or local flaps are often not feasible repair options for such wounds, and many of these patients may be poor candidates for free-tissue transfer secondary to their comorbidity. In this case s...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.sap.0000181342.25065.60
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study evaluated health related quality of life and morbidity in patients who had a superiorly based partial rectus abdominis and external oblique (SPREO) flap for lower pole coverage as a component of 2-stage prosthetic breast reconstruction. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of patients undergoing im...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000002296
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:With the continued application of fat grafting in plastic surgery, many studies have focused on various factors to improve maintenance of the fat graft volume, such as platelet-rich plasma, adipose-derived stromal/stem cells, and the stromal vascular fraction (SVF). In addition, many review ar...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000001589
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Flexor tendon repair techniques that can resist active forces are widely accepted. Despite that many suture techniques have been described, the "perfect repair" for flexor tendons cannot be achieved yet. We aimed to compare a new loop suture technique with commonly used flexor tendon repair methods biomech...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000001625
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Facial contours are thought to depend on the appropriate balance of hard and soft tissue. To obtain aesthetically good results in head and neck reconstruction, surgeons should know the exact three-dimensional shape and volume of both hard and soft tissue to be reconstructed. The authors used computer-assisted three-di...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-200104000-00006
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Traditional gastrocnemius flap harvest requires a long skin incision, starting from the popliteal fossa to the mid leg. The authors designed three instruments to facilitate harvest of this flap through a small incision without the help of an endoscope in 10 patients. All 10 gastrocnemius muscle flaps survived with a 1...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-200108000-00005
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a 25-year-old woman who suffered traumatic damage to the medial malleolar area. Arteriography revealed a posterior tibial artery occlusion at the ankle. The predominant pattern of medial soleus vascularization was revealed during surgery. A reverse medial soleus flap including the posterior tibial pedicle wa...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-199810000-00018
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Periprosthetic infections of oncologic reconstructions have an amputation rate between 37% and 87%. Eleven patients with an infected knee reconstruction following limb salvage surgery for cancer were treated with the staged protocol. All patients underwent prosthetic removal and implantation of an antibiotic...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.sap.0000203990.08414.ad
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A more direct measurement of implant capsule contracture is needed for the laboratory study of this phenomenon. Most of the previous methods for quantitation of contracture rely on measurements of deformability. Because contraction of an implant capsule is in fact a decrease in the surface area of the capsule, a metho...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198311000-00008
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In an experiment using a continuous tissue pH monitoring system, selective occlusion of the vessels supplying lower abdominal island flaps in Sprague-Dawley rats resulted in predictable tissue pH changes. Arterial occlusion resulted in a rapid fall in pH. In all three experimental groups, the steepest rate of pH drop ...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198310000-00013
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melanoma excision requires wide margins, leaving large defects. Surgical dogma has taught that definitive reconstruction of melanoma defects be performed after permanent pathology results, with skin grafts favored. However, this results in an open wound and the need for a second operation. The advantages of immediate ...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000000166
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000000047
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198004000-00001
更新日期:1980-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:This study aimed to describe immediate nasal reconstruction using a forehead flap after dog bite injuries. BACKGROUND:Dog bites to the nose can avulse multiple aesthetic subunits, making primary repair difficult, inadvisable, or impossible. Microsurgical replantation and composite grafting of the nose have bee...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e31827ead6c
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 4-year-old girl was referred to the plastic surgery unit with metastatic malignant melanoma diagnosed in a cervical lymph node. She had previously undergone excision of a Spitz nevus of the cheek at age 18 months. The management of this patient is discussed along with a review of the literature relating to Spitz nev...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SAP.0000037277.03962.4F
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Surgical procedures commonly associated with parenteral sedation or general anesthesia were completed in an office operating room with local anesthesia and oral medication. Diazepam and alprazolam were used in combination to produce a relaxed state, allowing local anesthesia to be instilled. Surgery was completed succ...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-200044050-00007
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was comprised of 9 diabetic patients with 10 infected foot ulcers, including osteomyelitis in 4 limbs and gangrene in 3 limbs. Adequate debridement of these complicated wounds inevitably resulted in exposure of bones or tendons. All defects were successfully reconstructed with free gracilis muscle flaps cov...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-199103000-00002
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship of measures of pressure perception to hand function was evaluated by correlating the results of the Mayo Dexterity Test and a timed object recognition test with the one- and two-point static and moving touch thresholds for the index finger pulp of 44 hands. The Mayo Dexterity Test permits the use of v...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-199705000-00008
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Piezoelectric sensors have been shown to respond reproducibly to changes in tissue mechanical properties surrounding an implant over a 4-month period. The vibrational amplitude at a frequency corresponding to the radial resonance shows a statistically significant change over time. The initial period of inflammation is...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.sap.0000189620.45708.5f
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this case, after augmentation mammaplasty without infection or gross inflammatory reaction, Etheron implants decreased to a small volume of densely hyalinized tissue, leaving essentially no breast augmentation. ...
journal_title:Annals of plastic surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000637-198803000-00016
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00