title: Internal thoracic vessels as recipient vessels for free flap reconstruction in head and neck surgery.
abstract: In rare cases the usage of the internal thoracic vessels as recipient vessels in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck region with free tissue transfer is a challenging but valid alternative if local recipient vessels are unusable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Kantonsspital Luzern, Spitalstrasse, 6004 Luzern (CH), Switzerland. vurban@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fritsche
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*