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Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2016 Feb 1;38(Suppl 1):E1974–E1980. doi: 10.1002/hed.24362

TABLE 3.

Postoperative patient characteristics and outcomes.

Variables	Control group (n = 47)	Treatment group (n = 47)	p value
ICU length of stay, h, intent-to-treat	58.3 (63.6)	33.7 (36.7)	.026
Hospital length of stay, h	276.0 (198.9)	216.9 (87.7)	.357
ICU length of stay, d	2.64 (2.49)	1.88 (2.01)	.104
Hospital length of stay, d	10.8 (7.65)	9.11 (5.76)	.221
Reoperation	8 (17.4)	4 (10.0)	.324
Flap failure	4 (9.30)	2 (5.88)	.681
Flap death	3 (6.82)	2 (5.00)	1.00
ICU ventilation	18 (52.9)	9 (31.0)	.125
Ventilator days	1.72 (1.82)	0.81 (1.30)	.006
Direct cost, $	30,047 (14,216)	26,509 (10,577)	.174

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.