Recipient vessels for free flaps in advanced facial oncologic defects.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To prospectively compare the results of microvascular flap reconstruction of midface and scalp advanced oncologic defects using superficial temporal versus cervical as recipient vessels.

Methods

This is a parallel group clinical trial with 1:1 allocation ratio of patients who underwent midface and scalp oncologic reconstruction with free tissue flap from April 2018 to April 2022 in a tertiary oncologic center. Two groups were analyzed: those in whom superficial temporal vessels were used as the recipient vessels (Group A) and those in whom cervical vessels were used as the recipient vessels (Group B). Patient gender and age, cause and localization of the defect, flap choice for reconstruction, recipient vessels, intraoperative outcome, postoperative course, and co

SUBMITTER: Sousa BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10300290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature