Surgical Site Infection in Microvascular Free Flap Reconstruction of the Head and Neck: An Analysis of Risk Factors
To the author's knowledge, this is the first paper to establish preoperative anaemia as an independently significant risk factor for surgical site infection in head and neck free flap operations. This study also finds the Australian guidelines' recommendation of ≤ 24 h of antibiotic prophylaxis to be potentially inadequate in effectively controlling surgical site infection following head and neck free flap reconstruction.
Authors
- F. Hsieh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-8922)
- Bishoy Soliman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-0742)
- Pascalino Romeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2377-7448)
- Marco Stocca
- Y. Gehan Karunaratne
- Huang‐Kai Kao
- Thomas C. Lam
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ANZ Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.70512
- Primary Topic
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00