Functional outcomes following palatal reconstruction with a folded radial forearm free flap

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Sinha, Uttam K ^a   Young, Philip ^a   Hurvitz, Keith ^a   Crockett, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANCER; SKIN FLAP; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642500228     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408300116     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Zoller J, Maier H. Intraoral cheek transposition flap for primary reconstruction of the soft palate. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1992; 21:156-9.
2. Shapiro BM, Komisar A, Silver C, Strauch B. Primary reconstruction of palatal defects. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986; 95:581-5.
3. Russ JE, Applebaum EL, Sisson GA. Squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate. Laryngoscope 1977;87:1151-6.
4. Zalzal GH, Cotton RT. Velopharyngeal insufficiency. In: Bluestone CD, Stool SE, eds. Pediatric Otolaryngology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1990:1415-25.
5. Biller HF, Ogura JH, Brownson RJ. The forehead flap. Technique and complications. Arch Otolaryngol 1973;97:316-18.
6. Conley JJ, DeAmesti F, Pierce MK. The use of tongue flaps in head and neck surgery. Surgery 1957;41:745-51.
7. American Joint Committee on Cancer. Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003.
8. Sofferman RA. Soft-palate reconstruction with the modified pharyngeal flap. Head Neck Surg 1979;1:505-11.
9. Birt BD, Gruss JS. Extended posterior wall pharyngoplasty for immediate reconstruction of the soft palate in commando excision of oropharyngeal neoplasm. J Otolaryngol 1982;11:116-18.
10. Gehanno P, Guedon C, Veber F, et al. [Velopharyngeal rehabilitation after transmaxillary buccopharyngectomy extending to the soft palate]. Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac 1985;102:135-7.
11. Schoenborn D. Vorstelling eines Falles von Staphyloplastick. Verh Dtsch Ges Chir 1886;15:57-61.
12. Rosenthal W. Aur Frage der gaumenplastik. Zentralbl Chir 1924;51:1621-8.
13. Padgett EC. The repair of cleft palates after unsuccessful operations with special reference to cases with an extensive loss of palatal tissue. Arch Surg 1930;20:453-65.
14. Sanvenero-Rosselli G. Divisione palatine e sua cura. Atti d Cong Internall Stomatal 1935;3:391-5.
15. Park JS, Sako K, Marchetta FC. Reconstructive experience with the medially based deltopectoral flap. Am J Surg 1974;128:548-52.
16. Gullane PJ, Arena S. Palatal island flap for reconstruction of oral defects. Arch Otolaryngol 1977;103:598-9.
17. Kavanagh KT, Hinkle WG. Reconstruction of the soft palate after jaw, tongue, neck dissection with subtotal palatectomy (velopharyngoplasty). Laryngoscope 1987;97:1461-3.
18. Reuther J, Muhling J. [10 years experiences with microsurgical small intestine transplantation for reconstruction of the oropharynx]. Fortschr Kiefer Gesichtschir 1990;35:57-60.
19. Sinha UK, Urken ML, Biller HF. Functional reconstruction of defects of the soft palate with a folded sensate radial forearm flap and a new classification system for oropharyngeal defects. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer; July 28, 1996; Toronto.
20. Brown JS, Zuydam AC, Jones DC, et al. Functional outcome in soft palate reconstruction using radial forearm free flap in conjunction with a superiorly based pharyngeal flap. Head Neck 1997;19:524-34.
21. Lacombe V, Blackwell KE. Radial forearm free flap for soft palate reconstruction. Arch Facial Plast Surg 1999;1:130-2.
22. Hogan VM, Schwartz MF. Velopharyngeal incompetence. In: Converse JM, ed. Reconstructive Plastic Surgery: Principles and Procedures in Correction, Reconstruction, and Transplantation. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1977:2268-95.
23. Boyd B, Mulholland S, Gullane P, et al. Reinnervated lateral antebrachial cutaneous neurosome flaps in oral reconstruction: Are we making sense? Plast Reconstr Surg 1994;93:1350-9; discussion 1360-2.
24. Sinha UK, Urken ML. Sensory recovery in microvascular free flaps for head and neck reconstruction. In: Meyers E, Bluestone CD, Brackmann DE, Krause CJ, eds. Advances in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997:41-58.