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


Locations(1)

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

Pavia, Lombardy, Italy

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