Analysis of the impact of chronic corticosteroid use on free flap reconstruction
Weisberger J, Oleck N, Ayyala H, Malhotra R, Lee E. Analysis of the impact of chronic corticosteroid use on free flap reconstruction. Microsurgery 2019, 41: 14-18. PMID: 31591754, DOI: 10.1002/micr.30516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic steroid useHistory of chronic steroid useChronic steroid usageChronic corticosteroid useNational Surgical Quality ImprovementAmerican College of SurgeonsSteroid useSteroid usageCorticosteroid useSurgical complicationsComplication rateWound complicationsUnivariate analysisAssociated with increased risk of surgical complicationsACS NSQIP databasePatients treated with systemic corticosteroidsIncreased riskIncreased rate of wound complicationsRate of wound complicationsRisk of surgical complicationsIncreased rate of bleedingPostoperative wound complication ratesFree tissue transfer proceduresWound complication rateAssociated with increased risk