Original scientific paper

Reconstruction of large postoperative defects after laryngopharyngectomies from an otorhinolaryngologist’s point of view

Pavel Smilek ; Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Masaryk´s University, Faculty Hospital of St. Anna, Brno, Czech Repbulic
Rom Kostrfica ; Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Masaryk´s University, Faculty Hospital of St. Anna, Brno, Czech Repbulic
Jiri Hložek ; Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Masaryk´s University, Faculty Hospital of St. Anna, Brno, Czech Repbulic
Jiri Vesely ; Clinic of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Masaryk´s University, Faculty Hospital of St. Anna, Brno, Czech Repbulic

Abstract

The authors draw attention to controversial opinions of surgical treatment of advanced hypopharyngeal tumours including the possibility to cover large postoperative defects with flaps with a defined vascular pedicle. In the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in Brno, 6 patients have been treated this way during recent 5 years. The authors report two cases of patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma. They emphasize the benefit of cooperation with plastic surgeons and the necessity of individual indication for this way of treatment.

Keywords

hypopharyngeal carcinoma; replacement with a Chinese flap

Hrčak ID:

281794

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281794

Publication date:

3.12.2003.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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