Open AccessThe submental flap: Be wary
Author(s) -
Shires Courtney B.,
Sebelik Merry
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5260
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , surgery , free flap
The submental island flap (SIF) is as an alternative to free flaps in head and neck reconstruction. 10 patients underwent submental flaps. All ten patients suffered failure of SIF as the definitive reconstructive procedure. Despite comparing favorably to free tissue transfer in published reports, our SIF had high failure rate.