Is Diabetes a Contraindication to Lower Extremity Flap Reconstruction? An Analysis of Threatened Lower Extremities in the NSQIP Database (2010–2020)

Amy Chen; Shannon R. Garvey; Nimish Saxena; Valeria P. Bustos; Emmeline Jia; Monica Morgenstern; Asha D. Nanda; Arriyan S. Dowlatshahi; Ryan P. Cauley

doi:10.1055/a-2233-2617

Archives of Plastic Surgery (Mar 2024)

Is Diabetes a Contraindication to Lower Extremity Flap Reconstruction? An Analysis of Threatened Lower Extremities in the NSQIP Database (2010–2020)

Amy Chen,
Shannon R. Garvey,
Nimish Saxena,
Valeria P. Bustos,
Emmeline Jia,
Monica Morgenstern,
Asha D. Nanda,
Arriyan S. Dowlatshahi,
Ryan P. Cauley

Affiliations

Amy Chen: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Shannon R. Garvey: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Nimish Saxena: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Valeria P. Bustos: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Emmeline Jia: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Monica Morgenstern: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Asha D. Nanda: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Arriyan S. Dowlatshahi: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Ryan P. Cauley: ORCiD; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2233-2617
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 51, no. 02
pp. 234 – 250

Abstract

Read online

Background The impact of diabetes on complication rates following free flap (FF), pedicled flap (PF), and amputation (AMP) procedures on the lower extremity (LE) is examined.

Published in Archives of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 2234-6163 (Print); 2234-6171 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00051611

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords