How good is the sensory recovery in patients whom nerves were joined during free flap surgery for head and neck reconstruction cases
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C069- Malignant neoplasm of mouth, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/060242
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS Raipur
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
All patients more than 18 years age with head-neck tumour reconstruction with a neurotised free flap (free radial forearm flap and free ALT flap)
Exclusion Criteria
Patients lost to follow up
Patients not giving consent
Patient with flap loss
Patients where flap is placed deep inside oral cavity and is inaccessible for sensory assessment
Patients expired in post op or within 3 months post op.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the sensory recovery in the free reconstructed flap at 3rd and minimum 6th month follow up period.Timepoint: To assess the sensory recovery in the free reconstructed flap at 3rd and minimum 6th month follow up period.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare sensory recovery with non neurotised free flaps <br/ ><br>To assess sensory deficit in the sensory territory of greater auricular nerveTimepoint: minimum 6months follow up period