Hemimandibular reconstruction with bipedicled scapular osteocutaneous free flap.
A case report is presented on the successful use of a bipedicled scapular osteocutaneous free flap in a young woman, whose hemimandible was resected because of sarcoma, 1 year prior to presentation. The postoperative course was uneventful and donor site morbidity minimal.
Sevin
K
K
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara University, Turkey.
Ustünsoy
E
E
Kutlu
N
N
Yormuk
E
E
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D012540:Scapula / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology