Limitations of the cervicohumeral flap in head and neck reconstruction.
The cervicohumeral flap has proven useful in head and neck reconstruction. The limitation of the flap appears to be the length of the flap. Its major disadvantage is a lack of predictability of length of survival beyond the deltoid insertion.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps