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This study was designed to compare the outcome of the anteromedial thigh (AMT) and anterolateral thigh (ALT) flaps in head and neck cancer reconstruction.
To compare the results of the AMT and ALT flaps, this study aimed to compare their outcomes in head and neck cancer reconstruction under the condition of attenuating baseline patient and operative characteristics with the selection of propensity score-matched patient cohorts.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| ALT&AMT free flap reconstruction | Patients who underwent ALT or AMT free flap reconstruction after head and neck cancer surgery between March 1, 2008 and February 28, 2017 |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| ALT flap reconstruction | Other | Patients who underwent ALT free flap reconstruction after head and neck cancer surgery. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| survival or failure | The primary free flap outcome was determined as its survival or failure. | up to 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Complications | The second outcome was the associated complications (fistula, hematoma, partial necrosis, and wound infection). | up to 6 months |
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A retrospective study was performed on adult trauma patients from the registered free flap database and electric medical records of Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a 2,686-bed medical center in Southern Taiwan.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital | Kaohsiung City | 83301 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006258 | Head and Neck Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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| AMT flap reconstruction | Other | Patients who underwent AMT free flap reconstruction after head and neck cancer surgery. |
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