Use of cervicopectoral flap as an access for radical neck dissection and reconstruction of facial defects | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 71-76 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Balsam S. abdulhamed; Bassem T. Merry | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The problem of reconstruction after surgical extirpation of head and neck cancer remain a corner stone that produce unique challenges to surgeon; surface defects are often contiguous with oral cavity requiring both lining and covering. Patients and methods: This study was conducted on 20 patients (13♂:7♀), age rang (28-80years), whom suffered from malignant tumors in different sits in oro-facial region and salivary gland, to evaluate the C.P.F. as an access for cervical lymphadenectomy during treatment of head/neck malignant tumor and its use as immediate reconstruction for closing the defect resulted from tumor resection at the same procedure. Results and Conclusions: The C.P.F. was successfully covered the moderate and large size defect resulted from tumor ablation in the neck region with successful esthetic and function results | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cervicopectoral flap; radical neck dissection; head and neck malignant tumor | ||
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