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
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Publication date:
3.12.2003.
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