Refinement of the free radial forearm flap reconstructive technique after resection of large oropharyngeal malignancies with excellent functional results

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 772-777

  Moerman, Mieke ^a   Vermeersch, Hubert ^a   Van Lierde, Kristiane ^a   Fahimi, Hossein ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Free radial forearm flap; Functional outcome; Nasality; Oropharyngeal; Velopharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOD INTAKE; FREE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL REGURGITATION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SKIN FLAP; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY;

DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0042388032     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10295     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Jacobson MC, Franssen E, Fliss DM, Birt BD, Gilbert RW. Free forearm flap in oral reconstruction. Functional outcome. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1995;121:959-964.
2. Brown JS, Zuydam AC, Jones DC, Rogers SN, Vaughan ED. Functional outcome in soft palate reconstruction using a radial forearm free flap in conjunction with a superiorly based pharyngeal flap. Head Neck 1997;19:524-534.
3. Penfold CN, Brown AE, Lavery KM, Venn PJ. Combined radial forearm and pharyngeal flap for soft palate reconstruction. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996;34:322-324.
4. Remmert S, Sommer K, Gehrking E. Plastische Rekonstruktion von Defekten im Bereich des weichen Gaumes Funktionelle und onkologische Aspekte. Laryngorhinootologie 1997;76:169-177.
5. Zeitels SM, Kim J. Soft palate reconstruction with a "SCARF" superior-constrictor advancement-rotation flap. Laryngoscope 1998;108:1136-1140.
6. Sloan GM. Posterior pharyngeal flap and sphincter pharyngoplasty: the state of the art. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2000;37:112-122.
7. Bodin IK, Lind MG, Arnander C. Free radial forearm flap reconstruction in surgery of the oral cavity and pharynx: surgical implications, impairment of speech and swallowing. Clin Otolaryngol 1994;19:28-34.