Pharyngeal and hypopharyngeal reconstruction after multilating surgery for malignant hypopharyngeal cancers.
The authors summarise their reconstructive surgical experience after the radical excision of hypopharyngeal tumours. In selective cases the preservation of the larynx is a reliable surgical option and supraglottic surgery is sufficient to remove the tumour. Myocutaneous paddle flaps were used in every case after the surgical resection for the reconstruction of the pharyngo-oesophageal entrance. After total circular pharyngo-laryngectomy, the continuity of the upper digestive tract was reconstructed by tubed myocutanous flaps.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Centre, Hungary.
Paczona
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Czigner
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Rovó
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Jóri
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D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016019:Survival Analysis