Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction

Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction

We report a case of vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap used for composite cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction, in a patient with recurrent skull base chordoma, resected by an anterior approach via median labio-mandibular glossotomy approach. Bone stability and pharyngea...

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Main Authors: Krishnakumar Thankappan, Sandip Duarah, Nirav P. Trivedi, Dilip Panikar, Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Subramania Iyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2009-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
free fibula flap
head and neck reconstruction
cervical spinal reconstruction
skull base chordoma
mandibulotomy approach
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699356

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