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- Title
Bipedicles chest flap: a novel technique for the reconstruction of anterior neck defect.
- Authors
Naghibzadeh, Masoud; Bakhshaee, Mehdi; Irani, Shirin; Haghir, Hossein
- Abstract
This paper presents our surgical technique and the results of using bipedicled superior chest flaps for head and neck reconstructions. The study design consisted of a case series of surgical technique. The study was conducted at tertiary referral centers with otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery departments. In seven patients, we used bipedicled superior chest flaps for reconstruction of anterior cutaneous neck defects due to surgery for the recurrence of laryngopharyngeal carcinoma. The largest flap size was 45 × 14 cm. All donor sites were closed primarily with advancement in the lateral part and split thickness skin grafts in the superior midline of chest. The highest point of reconstruction was in the hypopharynx internally and hyoid externally. All flaps survived without major complications. A bipedicled upper chest flap can reliably cover the skin defects that create following salvage total laryngectomies in patients with advanced stage tumors with skin involvement.
- Subjects
HEAD &; neck cancer; NECK surgery; HEAD surgery; OPERATIVE otolaryngology
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2013, Vol 270, Issue 4, p1427
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-012-2135-z