title: Reconstruction of the oral cavity with a free flap.
abstract: Free groin flaps were used successfully within the oral cavity in 4 patients after ablative operations for cancer. Preoperative or postoperative radiation (cobalt therapy) had no apparent detrimental effect on the survival of these free flaps.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous