Rational use of pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap for oral reconstruchion.
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The Boomerang-shaped Pectoralis Major Musculocutaneous Flap for Reconstruction of Circular Defect of Cervical Skin
We report on a patient with a recurrence of oral cancer involving a cervical lymph node. The patient's postexcision cervical skin defect was nearly circular in shape, and the size was about 12 cm in diameter. The defect was successfully reconstructed with a boomerang-shaped pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap whose skin paddle included multiple intercostal perforators of the internal mammary...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese jornal of Head and Neck Cancer
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1883-9878,0911-4335
DOI: 10.5981/jjhnc1974.23.535