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.