Cheek reconstruction with an expanded prefabricated musculocutaneous free flap: case report.
We present a case of reconstruction of the left cheek with a prefabricated musculocutaneous flap. A pedicled serratus anterior muscle flap was transferred to the left chest, deep to skin. The muscle flap and overlying skin were expanded. The expanded, prefabricated musculocutaneous flap was then transferred as a free flap to the left cheek defect.
Igawa
H H
HH
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Minakawa
H M
HM
Sugihara
T
T
Homma
K
K
D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013909:Thorax; D015626:Tissue Expansion