title: [Reconstruction surgery and repair using a musculocutaneous flap. Apropos of 124 cases].
abstract: Between 1981 and 1983, 116 patients (109 men and 7 women) underwent reconstructive surgery with musculocutaneous flaps following major surgical excision of a cervicofacial tumor recurring after curative radiotherapy. Mean age of patients was 54 years. The most frequently used flap (110/124) was from the pectoralis major. Advantages of the use of a musculocutaneous flap for repair appear to be: first intention healing in most cases; notable reduction in hospital stay; possibility of wider tumoral excision and also of combining lymph node excision, and improved functional results. Follow-up surveillance has been for a mean of only one year, too short a period for assessing carcinologic results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Chirurgie de rattrapage et réparation par lambeau myo-cutané. A propos de 124 cas.