Postoperative Complication After Free Flap Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Recurrent Cancer; Head and Neck Cancer; Surgery--Complications
• Interventions: Other: Reconstruction group; Other: Recurrent group

• Registration Number: NCT04326088
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-15
• Study Completion: 2019-03-31
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2004

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction	Recurrent group	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
head and neck cancer with free flap reconstruction	Reconstruction group	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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Failure or success flap	2 months after surgery	The condition of the reconstruction flap is failure or success.

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; 🇨🇳 Kaohsiung, Taiwan