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8356138

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Free flaps always followed surgical resection in head and neck cancer patients as a means of reconstruction. Problems may be encountered in recurrent patients who have received postoperative cervical irradiation, since finding a good, healthy vein for microanastomosis is sometimes difficult. The internal jugular vein, with or without vein grafting, as the recipient vessel may solve the problem. However, we encountered two patients in whom the internal jugular vein was very fibrotic as a result of irradiation. A long vein graft to the nonirradiated, healthy area was the only choice in this condition. A new method in which a reversed cephalic vein is used as the recipient vessel was designed. It seems that the reversed cephalic vein can play the role of lifeboat as recipient vein and solve the most difficult problem encountered in head and neck free-flap surgery.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
752-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversed cephalic vein: a lifeboat in head and neck free-flap reconstruction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports