Use of microvascular flap technique in older adults with head and neck cancer: a persisting dilemma in reconstructive surgery?
Although higher rates of peri- and postoperative difficulties must be expected when microvascular reconstructive surgery is considered for older adults, careful surgical technique, adequate postoperative surveillance, and immediate management of complications can facilitate outcomes comparable with those for younger adults.
The progression of hyperparathyroidism is slower in predialysis patients with BB genotypes than in the other genotypes. Also, calcitriol levels are less reduced in the BB genotype, which may act to lessen the severity of secondary hyperparathyroidism.