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Published on: January 11, 2016
Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction
Krishnakumar Thankappan1, Sandip Duarah, Nirav P Trivedi
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Elamakkara, Kochi, India.
Abstract:
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.