Prospective Biomechanical Analysis of Donor-site Morbidity Following Microvascular Fibula Transplantation

Prospective Biomechanical Analysis of Donor-site Morbidity Following Microvascular Fibula Transplantation in 27 Consecutive Cases: a Clinical Cohort Study.

Pre- and postoperatively patients who underwent free fibula flap were examined regarding donor-site morbidity of the lower extremities.

27 patients are examined before and after microsurgical fibula flap performed at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Planned continuity interrupting mandible resection
• Planned mandible reconstruction with free fibula flap
• Informed consent
• Procedure performed at University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf

Exclusion Criteria:

• Preexisting pathology/disease of the lower limbs or back (angiologic, neurologic, orthopedic)
• Musculosceletal pain at the time of study enrollment