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
intensive care unit
hepatitis b virus