Safety and reliability of microsurgical free tissue transfers in paediatric head and neck reconstruction - a report of 72 cases

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 767-771

  Yazar, Sukru ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a   Huang, Wei Chao ^a   Chwei Chin Chuang, David ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Free flap; Head and neck; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TISSUE NECROSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NECK; NECK INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149086792     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Zuker R.M., and Posnick J.C. The role of microsurgery in pediatric craniofacial reconstruction. Clin Plast Surg 19 (1992) 833-839
2. Wei F.C., Demirkan F., Chen H.C., et al. The outcome of failed free flaps in head and neck and extremity reconstruction: What is next in the reconstructive ladder?. Plast Reconstr Surg 108 (2001) 1154-1162
3. Wei F.C., Seah C.S., Tsai Y.C., et al. Fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap for reconstruction of composite mandibular defects. Plast Reconstr Surg 93 (1994) 294-304
4. Wei F.C., Jain V., Celik N., et al. Have we found an ideal soft-tissue flap? An experience with 672 anterolateral thigh flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 109 (2002) 2219-2230
5. Wei F.C., Celik N., Chen H.C., et al. Combined anterolateral thigh flap and vascularized fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap in reconstruction of extensive composite mandibular defects. Plast Reconstr Surg 109 (2002) 45-52
6. Wei F.C., Demirkan F., Chen H.C., et al. Double free flaps in reconstruction of extensive composite mandibular defects in head and neck cancer. Plast Reconstr Surg 103 (1999) 39-47
7. Yucel A., Aydin Y., Yazar S., et al. Elective free tissue transfer in pediatric patients. J Reconstr Microsurg 17 (2001) 27-36
8. Mast B.A., and Newton E.D. Aggressive use of free flaps in children for burn scar contractures and other soft tissue deficits. Ann Plast Surg 36 (1996) 569-575
9. Nakatsuka T., Harii K., Yamada A., et al. Immediate free flap reconstruction for head and neck pediatric malignancies. Ann Plast Surg 40 (1998) 594-599
10. Posnick J.C., Wells M.D., and Zuker R.M. Use of free fibular flap in the immediate reconstruction of pediatrics mandibular tumors: report of cases. J Oral Maxilllofac 51 (1993) 189-196
11. Iconomou T.G., Zuker R.M., and Philips J.H. Mandibular reconstruction in children using the vascularized fibula. J Reconstr Microsurg 15 (1999) 83-90
12. Serletti J.M., Schingo V.A., Deuber M.A., et al. Free tissue transfer in pediatric patients. Ann Plast Surg 36 (1996) 561-568
13. Canales F., Lineaweaver W.C., Furnas H., et al. Microvascular tissue transfer in paediatric patients: Analysis of 106 cases. Br J Plast Surg 44 (1991) 423-427
14. Martin J. Child Psychiatry: Special areas of interest. In: Sadock B., and Sadock V. (Eds). Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. 7th edn (2000), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2865-2954
15. Devaraj V.S., Kay S.P., Batchelor A.G., et al. Microvascular surgery in children. Br J Plast Surg 44 (1991) 276-280
16. Parry S.W., Toth B.A., and Elliott L.F. Microvascular free tissue transfer in children. Plast Reconstr Surg 81 (1988) 838-840
17. Chiang Y.C., Jeng S.F., Yeh M.C., et al. Free tissue transfer for leg reconstruction in children. Br J Plast Surg 50 (1997) 335-342
18. Shenaq S.M., and Dinh T.A. Pediatric microsurgery: Reconstruction by free tissue transfer. Clin Plast Surg 17 (1990) 85-94
19. Van Beek A.L., Wavak P.W., and Zook E.G. Microvascular surgery in young children. Plast Reconstr Surg 63 (1979) 457-462
20. Iwaya T., Harii K., Yamada A., et al. Microvascular free flaps for the treatment of avulsion injuries of the feet in children. J Trauma 22 (1982) 15-19
21. Van Landuyt K., Hamdi M., Blondeel P., et al. Free perforator flaps in children. Plast Reconstr Surg 116 (2005) 159-169
22. Colen S.R., Shaw W.W., and McCarthy J.G. Review of the morbidity of 300 free flap donor sites. Plast Reconstr Surg 77 (1986) 948-953
23. Serafin D., Villarreal-Rios A., and Georgiade N.G. A rib containing free flap to reconstruct mandibular defects. Br J Plast Surg 30 (1977) 263-266
24. Swartz W.M., Banis J.C., Newton E.D., et al. The osteocutaneous scapular flap for mandibular and maxillar reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 77 (1986) 530-545
25. Soutar D.S., and Widdowson W.P. Immediate reconstruction of the mandible using a vascularized segment of radius. Head Neck Surg 8 (1986) 232-246
26. O'Brien B.Mc.C., Morrison W.A., MacLeod A.M., et al. Microvascular osteocutaneous transfer using the groin flap and iliac crest and the dorsalis pedis flaps and second metatarsal. Br J Plast Surg 32 (1979) 188-206
27. Wei F.C., Chen H.C., Chuang C.C., et al. Fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap: anatomic study and clinical application. Plast Reconstr Surg 78 (1986) 191-200
28. Marshall D.M., Amjad I., and Wolfe S.A. Use of the radial forearm flap for deep, central, midfacial defects. Plast Reconstr Surg 111 (2003) 56-64
29. Ninkovic M., Hubli E.H., Schwabegger A., et al. Free flap closure of recurrent palatal fistula in the cleft lip and palate patient. J Craniofac Surg 8 (1997) 491-496
30. Chen H.C., Ganos D.L., Coessens B.C., et al. Free forearm flap for closure of difficult oronasal fistulas in cleft palate patients. Plast Reconstr Surg 90 (1992) 757-762
31. Demirkan F., Chen H.C., Wei F.C., et al. The versatile anterolateral thigh flap: a musculocutaneous flap in disguise in head and neck reconstruction. Br J Plast Surg 53 (2000) 30-36
32. Lutz B.S., Wei F.C., Chang S.C.N., et al. Donor site morbidity after suprafascial elevation of the radial forearm flap: a prospective study in 95 consecutive cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 103 (1999) 132-137
33. Koshima I., Yamamoto H., Hosoda M., et al. Free combined composite flaps using the lateral circumflex femoral system for repair of massive defects of the head and neck regions: an introduction to the chimeric flap principle. Plast Reconstr Surg 92 (1993) 411-420
34. Shieh S.J., Chiu H.Y., Yu J.C., et al. Free anterolateral thigh flap for reconstruction of head and neck defects following cancer ablation. Plast Reconstr Surg 105 (2000) 2349-2357
35. Kimura N., and Satoh K. Consideration of a thin flap as an entity and clinical applications of the thin anterolateral thigh flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 97 (1996) 985-992
36. McConnel F.M., Hester T.R., Nahai F., et al. Free jejunal grafts for reconstruction of pharynx and cervical esophagus. Arch Otolaryngol 107 (1981) 476-481
37. Schusterman M.A., Shestak K., de Vries E., et al. Reconstruction of the cervical esophagus: Free jejunal transfer versus gastric pull-up. Plast Reconstr Surg 85 (1990) 16-21
38. Chang T.S., Hwang O.L., and Wang W. Reconstruction of esophageal defects with microsurgically revascularized jejunal segments: a report of 13 cases. J Microsurg 2 (1980) 83-94
39. Jones B.M., and Gustavson E.H. Free jejunal transfer for reconstruction of the cervical esophagus in children: a report of two cases. Br J Plast Surg 36 (1983) 162-167
40. Chana J.S., Chen H.C., Sharma R., et al. Microsurgical reconstruction of the esophagus using supercharged pedicled jejunum flaps: special indications and pitfalls. Plast Reconstr Surg 110 (2002) 742-750
41. Ring W.S., Varco R.L., L`Heureux P.R., et al. Esophageal replacement with jejunum in children: an 18 to 33 year follow-up. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 83 (1982) 918-927
42. Cusick E.L., Batchelor A.A., and Spicer R.D. Development of a technique for jejunal interposition in long-gap esophageal atresia. J Pediatr Surg 28 (1993) 990-994