Author/Editor		Šmid, L; Žargi, M; Bajec, J
Title		Post-ablative reconstruction following head and neck cancer surgery with microvascular free flaps. An analysis of 36 consecutive cases
Type		članek
Source		In: Motta G, ed. The new frontiers of oto-rhino-laryngology in Europe. 2nd European congress of oto-rhino-laryngology and cervico-facial surgery, Sorrento 1992. Bologna: Monduzzi editore,
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. III/271-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Between 1985 and 1991 microvascular free flaps (MFF) were used for the reconstruction of extensive defects after ablative surgery of head and neck carcinomas in 36 patients, treated at the University Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery in Ljubljana. For the reconstruction of skin or mucosa radial forearm flaps were used most frequently, but apart from this, free jejunum grafts, lateral arm and latissimus dorsi flaps were used as well. In 5 patients with carcinoma of the floor of the mouth, reconstruction of the front part of the mandible was performed after segmental mandibulectomy by means of an osseous iliac crest flap, radial forearm or scapular osteocutaneous flap.
Descriptors		SURGICAL FLAPS HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION MICROSURGERY SKIN TRANSPLANTATION BONE TRANSPLANTATION