The survival of a free flap after post-operative cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an 85-year-old female: A case report and literature review
Mitsutoshi Okuda, Tomoaki Kuroki, Fuko Iwai, Eri Anzaki, Takuji Yokoyama, Koshiro Tanaka, Nobuyuki Mitsukawa · 2026
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Mitsutoshi Okuda and colleagues describe, in a 2026 case report with review, a forearm flap that survived its patient's cardiac arrest. An 85-year-old woman had a tumor excised, leaving a defect of 100 by 250 millimeters repaired with a free flap of thigh tissue connected to vessels. Two days after surgery her heart stopped. Ten minutes of resuscitation with adrenaline restored circulation, but a free flap, dependent on a single vessel connection, was the tissue surgeons would expect to lose.
Watched for a month, the flap showed no death or infection, and the patient left for a facility on day fifty-three, her cognition impaired but the reconstruction intact. The authors gathered the comparison set: two cases at their institution and three in the literature, six surviving flaps. Their analysis suggests arrest and resuscitation may not doom a free flap, a reassuring signal for teams weighing how to fight for one.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mitsutoshi Okuda, Tomoaki Kuroki, Fuko Iwai, Eri Anzaki, Takuji Yokoyama, Koshiro Tanaka, Nobuyuki Mitsukawa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |