[One stage repair of soft tissue defects in facial and pharynx malignant tumor operations with radical forearm flap].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the applications of radial forearm flap(RFF) in malignant tumor operations in otolaryngology head neck surgery.


METHODS
During the operation, the radical artery and cephalic vein were usually anastomosed to the upper thyroid artery and facial vein separately.


RESULTS
In all six RFF reconstruction patients, 4 cases succeeed and 2 failed.


CONCLUSIONS
The RFF is a ready source of thin, pliable skin flap and it's also a reliable, well developed reconstruction technique. Its dissection can be easily made with the long vascular pedicle and large caliber vessels. This reconstruction technique can be widely adopted in otolaryngology head neck surgery operation.
Wu
Wenming
W
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
Han
Dongyi
D
Wang
Jialing
J
Liu
Liangfa
L
Wu
Yanqiao
Y
Yang
Weiyan
W
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*