title: [One-stage reconstruction with the pedicle skin flap of forehead for defective tissue of head-neck tumors dissection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the feasibility on reconstructing the defective tissue with the pedicle skin flap of forhead after head-neck tumors dissection.
  
  
  METHODS
  14 patients with advanced head-neck tumors were studied, whose defective tissues were reconstructed by their forehead skin flaps. The flap area ranged from 5 cm x 11 cm to 7 cm x 16 cm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  2 cases of them were partial necrosis, 3 years and 5 years survival rates were 76.9% and 63.6% respectively. The function of breath through nose or mouth and the function of swallow were satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The forehead skin flap should be a good selection for the reconstruction of defective tissue after basicranial and nasalfacial dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Military General Hospital, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps