Can the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) Predict Healing Complications Following Microvascular Reconstruction of the Head and Neck?

Camilo MosqueraMarina Morante SilvaAshleigh Michelle WeyhMichael A MalikRui Fernandes

Published in: Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction (2023)

In conclusion, Subjects with high MUST score had increased complications and poor wound healing, and subjects with acute disease effect that induces a phase of nil per os for > 5 day have higher risk of total flap loss and surgical site complication.

Keyphrases

wound healing
risk factors
liver failure
respiratory failure
drug induced
breast reconstruction
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome