Combined (endo-)vascular intervention and microsurgical lower extremity free flap reconstruction—A propensity score matching analysis in 5386 ACS-NSQIP patients
Haug V, Kadakia N, Panayi AC, Kauke M, Hundeshagen G, Diehm Y, Fischer S, Hirche C, Kneser U, Pomahac B. Combined (endo-)vascular intervention and microsurgical lower extremity free flap reconstruction—A propensity score matching analysis in 5386 ACS-NSQIP patients. Journal Of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 2020, 74: 1031-1040. PMID: 33436337, DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.10.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree flap reconstructionLower extremity free flap reconstructionFlap reconstructionLimb amputationNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseAnesthesiology physical status classificationQuality Improvement Program databaseMicrosurgical free flap reconstructionPropensity scoreACS-NSQIP patientsLower limb perfusionPreoperative steroid usePropensity-matched cohortImprovement Program databaseModifiable risk factorsPeripheral artery diseasePhysical status classificationCareful preoperative assessmentSick patient populationLower limb amputationLower extremity salvageLower limb reconstructionFree flap transferFree tissue transfer