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87th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

04.05. - 07.05.2016, Düsseldorf

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Pectoralis major flap in head and neck reconstruction

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 87. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Düsseldorf, 04.-07.05.2016. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2016. Doc16hnod112

doi: 10.3205/16hnod112, urn:nbn:de:0183-16hnod1127

Published: March 30, 2016

© 2016 Pazardzhikliev.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Introduction: We report our experince with the use of pectoralis major flap in the reconstruction of various head and neck defects.

Methods: İn 5 years we have performed 20 pectoralis major flaps and one composite pectoralis major rib glaft in 20 male and one female patients. İt was used for the reconstruction of various head and of neck defects ranging from skin defects to total glossectomy and laryngopharyngectomy.

Results: There was one case with distal flap skin necrosis, and one case with total skin island necrosis with no other significant complications.

Conclusions: The pectoralis major flap is reliable and robust and is still a valuable option in the head and neck reconstruction

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