Postoperative Complication After Free Flap Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer

The Impact of Operation Time and Operators on Postoperative Complication After Free Flap Reconstruction for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04326088

Enrollment

2004

Registered

2020-03-30

Start date

2018-04-01

Completion date

2019-03-31

Last updated

2020-03-30

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Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer, Recurrent Cancer, Surgery--Complications

Brief summary

This study was designed to investigate the outcome of free-flap reconstruction surgery following head and neck cancer resection between primary and recurrent head and neck cancer patients.

Interventions

OTHERReconstruction group

Patients with primary tumor which underwent free flap reconstruction group.

OTHERRecurrent group

Patients with recurrent tumor which underwent free flap reconstruction group.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with head and neck cancer who underwent tumor wide excision and primary free flap reconstruction or secondary free flap reconstruction between March 2008 and February 2017 * Age: 20\ 100 years old

Exclusion criteria

* patients with missing or unvalidated data * patients less than 20 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Failure or success flap	2 months after surgery	The condition of the reconstruction flap is failure or success.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Complications	2 months after surgery	such as wound infection rate, fistula, hematoma, and partial necrosis of the flap

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026