Intensive care unit versus floor admission following lower extremity free flap surgery: Is there a difference in outcomes?
Karen K EvansAreeg A Abu El HawaNisha GuptaBrian N TruongJohn D BovillKenneth L FanKaren K EvansPublished in: Microsurgery (2022)
Our findings suggest that postoperative floor admission does not decrease flap success rates and should be considered in patients who undergo FTT to LE reconstruction and are otherwise stable. In the ongoing era of health care cost containment, microsurgery centers should consider appropriate floor training to allow medically stable free flap patients to avoid an ICU stay.
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