Reconstruction of large postoperative defects after laryngopharyngectomies

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KOSTŘICA Rom SMILEK Pavel VESELÝ Jiří HLOŽEK Jiří

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source HNO Informationen
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

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Field ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology
Keywords reconstruction -carcinoma hypopharyngis-flaps with a defined vascular pedicle
Description In the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in Brno, 89 patients with hypopharyngeal cancer were treated from 1998 - 2001, the overalI survival was 18,5 %. The authors draw attention to controversial opinions of surgical treatment of advanced hypopharyngeal tumors incIuding the possibiIity to cover large postoperative defects with flaps with a defined vascular pedicIe. Some cases are discussed in detail. The authors emphasize the benefit of cooperation with plastic surgeons and the necessity of individual indication for this way of treatment.
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