Yash J Patil, Mohamed Yakoub, Kattia F Moreno, Colin Cotton, Meredith E Tabangin, Mekibib Altaye, Reena Dhanda Patil, Alice Tang, Chad Zender, Aaron Domack
OBJECTIVE: To examine if perioperative blood transfusion affects overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in head and neck cancer patients who undergo free tissue reconstruction. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: The medical records of free tissue flaps between 2007 and 2010 were reviewed. Differences in demographics and clinical factors based on the level of transfused packed red blood cells (PRBC) were examined using chi-squared tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and/or ANOVA tests...
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