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aged 70 years or older undergoing FFRR. A recent have been excluded from the analysis. Furthermore,
publicaꢀon confirmed this finding, idenꢀfying female the analysis of all head and neck tumors is biased
sex and other risk factors as significant predictors of due to lack of differenꢀaꢀon of their anatomical
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free flap failure . One of the most significant limitaꢀons locaꢀon.
of our study is its retrospecꢀve methodological
As a conclusion, free flap reconstrucꢀon aꢁer
design. Probably there may a selecꢀon bias, since radical resecꢀon of head and neck tumors is a safe and
those elder paꢀents with mulꢀple comorbidiꢀes in feasible procedure in paꢀents aged 70 years or older.
the preoperaꢀve assessments could not have been Postoperaꢀve morbidity and mortality rate is similar to
candidates to undergo this type of procedure and could that of paꢀents less of 70 years old.
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