Latissimus Dorsi Flap Reconstructions: Retrospective Study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Surgery. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Various options for reconstruction alternatives to LD are described, as are the possible early and late side effects of LD harvesting. Currently, the choice of whether or not to resort to LD harvesting to repair the defect is based on the experience and preference of the specific working group. The importance of the study lies in the attempt to analyze the choices made in the diagnostic and therapeutic phase (demolitive and reconstructive) on patients in order to correlate the outcomes obtained in terms of healing, quality of life and complications in the recipient site and in the donor site.
Detailed description
Currently, there are no universally accepted guidelines regarding when it is advisable to resort to a LD flap for the repair of a large defect and when it is considered contraindicated. Various options for reconstruction alternatives to LD are described, as are the possible early and late side effects of LD harvesting. Currently, the choice of whether or not to resort to LD harvesting to repair the defect is based on the experience and preference of the specific working group. The importance of the study lies in the attempt to analyze the choices made in the diagnostic and therapeutic phase (demolitive and reconstructive) on patients treated at IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola in past years, in order to correlate the outcomes obtained in terms of healing, quality of life and complications in the recipient site and in the donor site with the baseline conditions of the patients, the site and the extension of the defect.
Primary outcome measures
- Technical Success [Time frame: From the first enrollment, up to the 200th, an average of 2 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Duration of surgery, expressed in minutes;
- Hospitalization time, expressed in days;
- Need for reoperation within 30 days of the first operation;
- Survival and recurrences, based on the last available follow-up
Exclusion criteria
- Incomplete or missing data
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- IRCCS AOU di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola — Bologna
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06800547 · PLAST-LD