Postoperative Management of Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap Reconstructive Surgery: is Admission to an Intensive Care Unit Necessary?

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Reconstructive Surgery, Head and Neck Microvascular Free Flap

In brief

The aim of our study is to assess if patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstructive surgery admitted to the ICU have equivalent postoperative outcomes to those admitted to an Otolaryngology specialty ward

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07295548

Run by

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia

People needed

192

Starts

2025-10-13

Expected to finish

2027-10-13

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-19

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patients undergoing Head and Neck oncological demolitive surgery and reconstruction using free or pedicled flaps at the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia

You may not qualify if…

• patients treated for Head and Neck cancer without flap reconstruction (e.g., only chemotherapy-radiotherapy, only radiotherapy, only immunotherapy).

Where it is running

• Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo — Pavia, Lombardy, Italy (enrolling)

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