Journal Reviews

Delirium post-op

1 October 2018 | | Head and Neck | delirium, free flap reconstruction, oral cancer, risk factors

This is a retrospective study from Japan analysing 102 patients who underwent oral cancer resection and free flap reconstruction. Postoperative delirium occurred in a third of these patients. An increased risk was identified in those with high preoperative albumin, postoperative...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and flap reconstruction: does it help?

1 May 2015 | | free flap reconstruction, hyperbaric oxygen, osteoradionecrosis, radiation complications, surgical complications

This is a multicentresite retrospective review from four clinics in the USA on patients who received radical debridement and free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis (ORN) between 1 Jan 1995 and 30 June 2011. Patients were stratified divided based on having...