Treating laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers with pharyngolaryngectomy
5 June 2017 | Daniel B Saleh | General Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery | Gastric pull-up, Health informatics, Hypopharyngeal cancer, Pharyngolaryngectomy
The debate amongst head and neck surgeons, as to whether a skin flap or enteric flap offers superior outcomes in pharyngeal reconstruction, still rumbles on. The evidence pool is very shallow, even accounting for the so-called ‘landmark’ papers that swung...
Skin grafts vs local flaps in reconstruction of nasal defects
5 October 2015 | Gregor M Bran | Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty
Nasal defects commonly are a result of removal of skin lesions. Cosmetic outcomes of local flap reconstructions are commonly accepted to be superior in comparison to skin grafts. However, local flap reconstructions require more adjunctive procedures than single-stage operations based...
Total or near total defects of the lower lip may result from trauma, cancer ablation or congenital causes. Defects usually involve the full thickness and include skin, muscle and mucosa. There are a number of techniques for the one stage...
Total lower lip reconstruction
3 June 2015 | Sunil K Bhatia | Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery | Algorithm, Functional outcome, Lip reconstruction