title: Single-stage reconstruction of oral and hypopharyngeal double cancer with a free jejunal flap.
abstract: Multiple primary tumors are a known phenomenon in head and neck cancer. However, the incidence of simultaneous oral and hypopharyngeal double cancer is extremely rare. In light of this, the surgical treatment for oral and hypopharyngeal double cancer has not been established. Here we present a case of oral and hypopharyngeal double cancer in which we successfully used a free jejunal flap to reconstruct an oral and hypopharyngeal defect. When the oral tumor is limited to the mucosal surface, a single-stage reconstruction with a free jejunal flap is a suitable option because it is simple and causes less morbidity than using additional flap reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan. thirano@med.oita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tateyama
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeno
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*