RecruitingNCT07295548
Postoperative Management of Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap Reconstructive Surgery: is Admission to an Intensive Care Unit Necessary?
Sponsor
Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Enrollment
192 participants
Start Date
Oct 13, 2025
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The aim of our study is to assess if patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstructive surgery admitted to the ICU have equivalent postoperative outcomes to those admitted to an Otolaryngology specialty ward
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- patients undergoing Head and Neck oncological demolitive surgery and reconstruction using free or pedicled flaps at the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
Exclusion Criteria1
- patients treated for Head and Neck cancer without flap reconstruction (e.g., only chemotherapy-radiotherapy, only radiotherapy, only immunotherapy).
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Interventions
PROCEDUREfree flap surgery
evaluation of major and minor complications, flap failure rates and length of hospital stay in patients undergoing free flap surgery admitted to intensive care unit and in those admitted to an Otolaryngology specialty ward
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NCT07295548