Free Tissue Transfers for Head and Neck Reconstruction in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis: Analysis of Outcomes Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database

J Reconstr Microsurg. 2017 Oct;33(8):587-591. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603739. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Authors

Oscar J Manrique¹, Pedro Ciudad^{2

3}, Basel Sharaf¹, Jorys Martinez-Jorge¹, Steven Moran¹, Samir Mardini¹, Hung-Chi Chen¹, Uldis Bite¹, Hsu-Tang Cheng²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Department of Plastic Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.

PMID: 28622701
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603739

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Comorbidity
Databases, Factual
Female
Free Tissue Flaps / transplantation*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / epidemiology
Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Renal Dialysis*
Retrospective Studies
Taiwan
Treatment Outcome