Staged laryngeal reconstruction with a prefabricated flap for radiation recurrent glottic carcinoma.

Objectives/hypothesis: Although salvage total laryngectomy remains the definitive approach to recurrent/persistent glottic cancer following failed radiation therapy for favorable early-stage disease, it comes at the price of a permanent laryngostome and an impact on quality of life. We describe a three-stage method of laryngeal reconstruction for salvage partial laryngectomy to address the unique challenges of operating on radiation recurrent/persistent cancer.

Study Design: This was a single-surgeon retrospective case series of patients who underwent a three-stage laryngeal reconstruction for salvage partial laryngectomy.

Approach to en bloc resection and reconstruction of primary masticator space malignancies.

Objectives/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to present our experience with management of malignant lesions arising within the masticator space, and to describe a technique of en bloc resection and reconstruction.

Study Design: Case series and case report.

Methods: Eight cases of masticator space malignancies treated surgically with en bloc resection and free flap reconstruction were retrospectively reviewed.

Reconstruction of expanding tracheoesophageal fistulae in post-radiation therapy patients who undergo total laryngectomy with a bipaddled radial forearm free flap: Report of 8 cases.

Background: Our surgical approach describes a bipaddled radial forearm free flap (RFFF) for closure of chronic tracheoesophageal fistulae (TEF) in patients who underwent total laryngectomy. The desired functional results were achieved.

Methods: Eight patients underwent the procedure.