Free flaps in head and neck surgery. 1982

W Boeckx, and E Fossion, and P Guelinckx, and R Demey, and R Dewilde

Free flaps in head and neck reconstruction offer a one step reconstructive procedure with a decreased patient morbidity and an 85% successrate in 60 free flaps, including twenty-eight intra-oral free flaps. Groinflaps were used in twenty-five patients and latissimus dorsi flaps in 34 patients. The indications included benign conditions in 10 patients, from which six has an atrofia of subcutaneous fattissue in the face. Carcinomas were treated in 50 patients. Forty squamous cell carcinomas involved 11 tumors of the floor of the mouth and 11 tongue carcinomas, five orbita and four nose reconstructions. The facial artery was the recipient vessel in 70% of the extra-oral and 68% of the intra-oral free flaps. The lingual artery was used in 12% of the cases, and the superior thyroid artery in 10% of the cases. Free flap procedures, do not increase the operation time substantially. The wound healing is excellent and the hospital stay shortened to 10 days. This quick recovery improves the quality of life for patients with often extensive cancer. Also major salvage procedure can be carried out after conventional methods have failed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008866 Microsurgery The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D009060 Mouth Floor The area of the mouth beneath the TONGUE. Floor of Mouth,Sublingual Region,Floor, Mouth,Floors, Mouth,Mouth Floors,Region, Sublingual,Regions, Sublingual,Sublingual Regions
D009132 Muscles Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals. Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D002921 Cicatrix The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING. Scars,Cicatrization,Scar,Scarring
D005145 Face The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw. Faces
D006119 Groin The external junctural region between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh. Groins
D006258 Head and Neck Neoplasms Soft tissue tumors or cancer arising from the mucosal surfaces of the LIP; oral cavity; PHARYNX; LARYNX; and cervical esophagus. Other sites included are the NOSE and PARANASAL SINUSES; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID GLAND and PARATHYROID GLANDS; and MELANOMA and non-melanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. (from Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 4th ed, p1651) Cancer of Head and Neck,Head Cancer,Head Neoplasm,Head and Neck Cancer,Head and Neck Neoplasm,Neck Cancer,Neck Neoplasm,Neck Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Upper Aerodigestive Tract,UADT Neoplasm,Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasm,Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms,Cancer of Head,Cancer of Neck,Cancer of the Head,Cancer of the Head and Neck,Cancer of the Neck,Head Neoplasms,Head, Neck Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Head,Neoplasms, Head and Neck,Neoplasms, Neck,UADT Neoplasms,Cancer, Head,Cancer, Neck,Cancers, Head,Cancers, Neck,Head Cancers,Neck Cancers,Neoplasm, Head,Neoplasm, Neck,Neoplasm, UADT,Neoplasms, UADT
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016038 Skin Transplantation The grafting of skin in humans or animals from one site to another to replace a lost portion of the body surface skin. Dermatoplasty,Grafting, Skin,Transplantation, Skin,Dermatoplasties,Graftings, Skin,Skin Grafting,Skin Graftings,Skin Transplantations,Transplantations, Skin

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