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J Craniofac Surg
January 2025
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive, Aesthetic Surgery, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
The patient was a 71-year-old male with hypopharyngeal carcinoma who underwent right-sided neck dissection for lymph node metastasis, adjuvant radiotherapy (70 Gy), and cisplatin chemotherapy, he developed neck inflammation with evidence of free air on computed tomography and subcutaneous fistula formation on laryngoscopy. After total laryngectomy, bilateral neck vessels were obscured by scar tissue secondary to radiotherapy and chronic inflammation. Pedicled pectoralis major (PM) flap was favored for reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
January 2003
Servicio ORL, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología.
Delayed flaps include surgical techniques performed in order to diminish the blood supply of a flap before placing it at the definitive location. The purpose is to improve the irrigation of the distal region of the flap. Three cases of head and neck reconstructions with delayed deltopectoral flaps are reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Fr Otorhinolaryngol Audiophonol Chir Maxillofac
October 1977
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