Microvascular Reconstruction Survey EACMFS

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* 1. In which kind of setting are you working? (Which term describes your kind of institution the best?)

University hospital

Non-university hospital

Private practice with reserved clinical beds

Sub-section / division of other clinical department (e.g. department for ENT)

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* 2. In which country are you located?

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* 3. Is a double-degree (DMD,MD) obligatory for Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) in your country?

Yes

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* 4. How many fully certified OMF-surgeons and trainees are employed in your department?

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* 5. How many patients with oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC) do you treat yearly in your department?

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* 6. How many reconstruction procedures with pedicled and microvascular free flaps do you conduct in your department per year?

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* 7. How many reconstruction procedures (pedicled and microvascular free flaps) do you conduct in your department on non-oncologic cases e.g. trauma, dyplasia, benign tumours?

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* 8. How many microvascular free flap transfers do you conduct in your department yearly?

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* 9. Did you have to cut back the rate of microvascular tissue transfer in your department due to COVID-19 pandemia?

Yes (please estimate the rate of reduction in percent i.e. 10% if you conducted 90 instead of 100 procedures)

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* 10. Did you use more two-stage reconstructions or local flap procedures (e.g. pectoralis major flap) for reconstrutions during COVID-19 pandemia?

Yes

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* 11. Do your local regulations (pandemic regulations of your region/country) allow treatment of COVID-19-infected patients?

Yes

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* 12. Did you perform microvascular tissue transfer on patients with active COVID-19-infection in your department?

Yes

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* 13. Please name the most frequent soft tissue microvascular flap procedure conducted in your department?

Radial forearm flap

Ulnar forearm flap

Antero lateral thigh flap

Latissimus dorsi flap

Perforator flaps

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Please name the most frequent microvascular flap procedure conducted in your department?

Radial forearm flap

Ulnar forearm flap

Fibula graft

Antero lateral thigh flap

Latissimus dorsi flap

Scapula graft

Deep circumflex iliac artery flap

Perforator flaps

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Do you perform microvascular flap procedures – if possible – in a two team-approach?

Yes

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* 16. Do you, as OMFS surgeons, perform microvascular flap procedures (flap harvest and transfer) in collaboration with other disciplines?

Yes

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* 17. Which surgical discipline performs the microvascular flap procedures for your patients? (Multiple answers possible)

Only OMFS

Plastic surgery

ENT

Trauma department

Interdisciplinary approach (please specify)

Other (please specify)

If you chose "Interdisciplinary approach" or "Other", what is your approach?