The omental sandwich reconstruction for a full-thickness cheek defect.
We present a case in which a large full-thickness cheek defect was successfully repaired in one stage by the "omental sandwich technique." We transferred the omentum as a free flap, anastomosing the middle omental vessels with the end stumps of the gastroepiploic vessels after they had been brought to the neck through a subcutaneous tunnel. Skin grafts were applied then on both sides of the revascularized omentum.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous