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Combined use of free jejunum and pectoralis major muscle flap with skin graft for reconstruction after salvage total pharyngolaryngectomy
Author(s) -
Miyamoto Shimpei,
Sakuraba Minoru,
Nagamatsu Shogo,
Kamizono Kenichi,
Fujiki Masahide,
Hayashi Ryuichi
Publication year - 2013
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.22017
Subject(s) - medicine , jejunum , surgery , pectoralis major muscle , alimentary tract , anastomosis , fistula , pharynx , microsurgery
Salvage total pharyngolaryngectomy after failed organ‐preserving therapy often results in composite defects involving the alimentary tract, trachea, and neck skin. This retrospective study examined combined use of the free jejunum flap and the pectoralis major muscle flap with skin graft for such a complex reconstruction. We reviewed 11 patients who underwent free jejunum transfer for alimentary reconstruction and pedicled pectoralis major muscle flap transfer with a skin graft on the muscle for simultaneous neck skin resurfacing after salvage total pharyngolaryngectomy from 2005 through 2010. The operative morbidity rate was 27.3%. No pharyngocutaneous fistula developed in this series. Oral intake could be resumed within 3 weeks after surgery in all patients. Seven of 11 patients had a functional tracheostoma with adequate stomal patency. Combined use of free jejunum and pectoralis major muscle flap with skin graft provided secure wound closure even for complicated cases. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery, 2013.