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Human Internal Mammary Artery IMA Transplantation and Stenting: A Human Model to Study the Development of In-Stent Restenosis
Published on: May 9, 2012
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Internal mammary pedicle for head-and-neck reconstruction
C Zugun-Eloae1, C-M Trandafir1, O Laccourreye1
1Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et chirurgie cervico-faciale, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, université Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Free-flap reconstruction for recurrence of head-and-neck cancer with vessel depletion is a technical challenge, and the literature is sparse. The present technical note describes the key-points of an approach harvesting the internal mammary pedicle. Results are reported in 3 patients, and pros and cons are discussed.

