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Reconstruction of large intraoral and adjacent cheek defects by free radial forearm flap |
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| Authors: | J. Bajec R. K. Gang |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait;(2) Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, Ibn Sina Hospital, P.O. Box 25427, 13115 Safat, Kuwait |
| Abstract: | Summary Eighteen patients with intraoral and oropharyngeal carcinoma were treated by radical excision for extensive infiltration of tumour into adjacent tissue. Defects were repaired by free radial forearm flaps. Three patients had bony defects in addition to mucosal and skin defects. The free flap can be easily folded to repair skin and mucosa simultaneously. We consider the free forearm flap to be the procedure of choice in selected cases of large intraoral and adjacent cheek defects. |
| Keywords: | Intraoral carcinoma Cheek defects Free radial forearm flap |
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