Patient Experience of Head and Neck Surgery With Free Flap Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Major head and neck surgery with microvascular free tissue transfer reconstruction is complex, with considerable risk of morbidity. Little is known about patients' experiences, including decision-making prior to, and regret following, free flap surgery.

Objective

To characterize patient experiences and decision regret of patients undergoing head and neck reconstructive free flap surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods cohort study comprising semistructured interviews was conducted June to August 2021 at a single tertiary academic cancer center. Participants underwent head and neck reconstructive surgery with microvascular free tissue transfer (flap) more than 3 months before recruitment (range, 3 months to 4 years). Interview transcrip

SUBMITTER: Dattilo LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884946 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature