title: Repair of a cervical skin defect using xenogeneic acellular dermal matrix in a patient with advanced laryngeal carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper reports the outcome of using acellular dermal matrix to repair a cervical skin defect in a patient with an advanced laryngeal carcinoma that had invaded the skin.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 55-year-old man underwent surgical repair of severe atypical hyperplasia and of a squamous cell carcinoma at 17 and 9 months, respectively, prior to undergoing the current procedure. Five months prior to the current procedure, his left cervical skin broke down and the lesion gradually enlarged. A pathological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma was made. The cervical skin defect was repaired with a tailored acellular dermal matrix patch. The cervical wound completely healed without developing infection or a pharyngeal fistula, and the patient exhibited no dysphagia three years after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cervical skin defects can be successfully repaired with acellular dermal matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,First Affiliated Hospital,Zhengzhou University,China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Beijing Tongren Hospital,Capital Medical University,China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,First Affiliated Hospital,Zhengzhou University,China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lou
mesh_terms: D062088:Acellular Dermis; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
keywords: Acellular Dermis; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Reconstructive; Skin; Surgical Procedure