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Single‐stage reconstruction of oral and hypopharyngeal double cancer with a free jejunal flap
Author(s) -
Hirano Takashi,
Tateyama Kaori,
Kodama Satoru,
Takeno Shinsuke,
Suzuki Masashi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.20976
Subject(s) - medicine , hypopharyngeal cancer , free flap , head and neck cancer , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , free flap reconstruction , microsurgery , cancer , head and neck , radiation therapy , paleontology , biology
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. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery, 2012.