Comparison of flap and contralateral donor site tissue perfusion for flap monitoring in microvascular head and neck reconstruction – a retrospective study
The postoperative course of tissue perfusion differs between flap and contralateral donor sites in FFFs and PFFs. The flap-to-donor site ratio could be used to detect vascular flap compromise in microvascular head and neck reconstruction, with further studies needed to confirm the determined cut-off values for the flap-to-donor site ratio indicating vascular flap compromise.
Authors
- Mark Ooms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-9502)
- Ali Modabber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-4527)
- Philipp Winnand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-7684)
- Anna Bock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-0877)
- Marie Sophie Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6625-7712)
- Frank Hölzle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2298-3517)
- Marius Heitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-6065)
- Nils Vohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2769-2234)
Institutions
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JPRAS Open
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2025.12.020
- Primary Topic
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00