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Routine Hospitalist Co-Management After Head and Neck Free Flap Surgery Was Linked to Fewer Escalations of Care, but Not Shorter Stay or Lower Mortality

By MedXY 06/06/2026

In a retrospective cohort of 362 head and neck free tissue transfer patients, routine hospitalist involvement was associated with fewer transfers to a higher level of care, without significant effects on length of stay, readmission, or 90-day mortality.