Anesthesia duration as an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in free flap surgery: A review of 1,305 surgical cases

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 217-226

  Kim, Bobby D ^a   Ver Halen, Jon P ^b   Grant, David W ^c   Kim, John Y S ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia duration; microvascular free tissue transfer; NSQIP

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA DURATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICROSURGERY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901197537     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1358382     Document Type: Article

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