ArticleCureus2021
Occurrence and Treatment Outcome of Late Complications After Free Fibula Flap Reconstruction for Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis.
Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of free flap failure in mandibular osteoradionecrosis reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Second or subsequent microvascular free flaps in head and neck reconstructive surgery: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Transoral Minimal Access Mandibular Reconstruction Using Fibula Free Flap in Osteoradionecrosis.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Determination of adequate bony resection margins in inflammatory jaw pathologies using SPECT-CT in primary mandibular reconstruction with virtually planned vascularized bone flaps.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Salvage of Intraoral Dehiscence With a Superficial Temporal Artery Islandized Flap (STAIF).Cureus · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and treatment outcome of late complications after free fibula osteocutaneous flap reconstruction for mandibular osteoradionecrosis (ORN).
methodsWe enrolled 15 consecutive patients (14 men, one woman; median age 65 years, range 57-80 years) who underwent free fibula reconstruction for advanced mandibular ORN during 2013-2017 with two or more years of follow-up. Late complications included infection, plate exposure, and recurrence at the resection margin. The effect of perioperative antibiotic administration on late complications was also assessed.
resultsLate complications occurred in 33.3% (5/15) of patients, including two infections (local and distant), two plate exposures, and two recurrences (plate exposure and recurrence occurred in one patient). Perioperative antibiotic administration duration did not significantly affect the occurrence of postoperative late complications. All late complications were treated without problems.
conclusionsLate complications after ORN reconstructive surgery are not uncommon, but can be treated properly.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.