Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction

oleh: Krishnakumar Thankappan, Sandip Duarah, Nirav P. Trivedi, Dilip Panikar, Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Subramania Iyer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2009-07-01

Deskripsi

We report a case of vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap used for composite cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction, in a patient with recurrent skull base chordoma, resected by an anterior approach via median labio-mandibular glossotomy approach. Bone stability and pharyngeal wall integrity were simultaneously restored