title: Experimental use of a gastric flap on an omental pedicle to close defects in the trachea, pharynx, or cervical esophagus.
abstract: The use of local or regional skin flaps for repairs after head and neck cancer surgery often increases the deformity of the patient. We present a new procedure using a gastric flap on an omental pedicle. It has been successful in dog experiments where we transferred it to the head and neck region, to serve as a substitute for the standard skin flaps.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous