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. 2010 Dec 2;128(6):336–341. doi: 10.1590/S1516-31802010000600005

Table 5. Flap-related complications (major and minor complications) and other complications (n = 58).

Major complications Number of cases % Minor complications Number of cases % Other complications Number of cases %
No 44 75.9 No 46 79.3 No 36 62.1
Yes 14 24.1 Yes 12 20.7 Yes 22 37.9
Orocutaneous or pharyngocutaneous fistula 3 5.2 Orocutaneous or pharyngocutaneous fistula 6 10.3 Neck skin dehiscence 9 15.7
Partial flap loss + intraoral flap dehiscence and/or donor site dehiscence 3 5.2 Neck skin dehiscence 2 3.5 Lymphatic fistula 2 3.5
Partial flap loss 2 3.5 Partial flap loss 2 3.5 Neck skin dehiscence and hyperkalemia 1 1.7
Death 2 3.5 Donor site hematoma 1 1.7 Neck skin dehiscence and ischemic stroke 1 1.7
Donor site abscess 1 1.7 Reconstructed area infection 1 1.7 Neck abscess 1 1.7
Titanium plate exposure 1 1.7 Neck seroma 1 1.7
Intraoral flap dehiscence 1 1.7 Orocutaneous fistula* and mandibular osteomyelitis 1 1.7
Venous congestion of the flap 1 1.7 Cardiac arrhythmia and pneumonia 1 1.7
Prerenal acute renal failure 1 1.7
Hypertensive crisis 1 1.7
Pneumothorax 1 1.7
Lymphatic fistula + neck skin dehiscence + pneumonia 1 1.7
Pleural empyema 1 1.7
*

In this case the area reconstructed was the skin.