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11921923

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Surgery and radiotherapy are the most important primary modalities for treatment of head and neck cancer. After excision of a tumour, a considerable defect may remain. Reconstructive surgery may serve several purposes: closure of the defect and restitution of functions such as respiration, swallowing, speech and chewing. Also, an esthetically satisfying appearance is aimed at. The planning of reconstructive surgery starts as soon as a patient presents with a new cancer. The most appropriate procedure is selected by a team of specialists, consisting of head and neck surgeon, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a maxillofacial surgeon. For defects of the mouth and oropharynx, a microsurgical free flap is the most versatile and safe choice of reconstruction nowadays. Suitable donor areas are the forearm, iliac crest and abdominal wall and the fibula. The graft, which may consist of skin, fascia, muscle, bone or combinations thereof, is revascularised in the defect area after microsurgical anastomosis of its vascular pedicle. Success percentages are greater than 95% and postoperative morbidity is reduced in contrast to conventional methods.
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0028-2200
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Reconstruction possibilities after tumor surgery in the head-neck region].
pubmed:affiliation
Afdeling mondziekten en kaakchirurgie, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract