Research Article
Catastrophic Outcomes in Free Tissue Transfer: A Six-Year Review of the NSQIP Database
Table 2
Catastrophic outcomes.
| Postoperative outcome | Total number of patients | % of all patients () | % of catastrophic outcomes () |
| 4 outcomes | 1 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 3 outcomes | 3 | 0.1% | 2.5% | 2 outcomes | 20 | 0.9% | 16.4% | 1 outcome | 98 | 4.2% | 80.3% | Total | 122 | | | Type of outcome | | | | Pulmonary embolism | 14 | 0.6% | 9.3% | PRF | 93 | 4.0% | 61.6% | Coma | 1 | 0.0% | 0.7% | Stroke | 4 | 0.2% | 2.6% | Cardiac arrest requiring CPR | 6 | 0.3% | 4.0% | Myocardial infarction | 12 | 0.5% | 7.9% | Septic shock | 13 | 0.5% | 8.6% | Death | 8 | 0.3% | 5.3% | Total | 151 | | | Overall catastrophic complications | 122 | 5.2% | |
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Patients can have more than one catastrophic complication. PRF: prolonged respiratory failure; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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