Microsurgery
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Microsurgery
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of 61 unplanned readmission cases in microvascular free tissue transfer patients: multi-institutional analysis of 774 patients.
Unplanned readmissions serve as a marker for health care quality. Risk factors associated with unplanned readmission after microvascular free tissue transfer have never been examined. In this study, we sought to identify perioperative predictors of 30-day unplanned readmission in free flap patients. ⋯ In our study, the presence of either open wound/wound infection, development of surgical complications, medical complications, and unplanned reoperations were associated with unplanned readmissions. Further research in predictive factors is suggested to avoid costly, unnecessary, and preventable readmissions.