TY - JOUR
T1 - The Forehead Flap
T2 - Technique and Complications
AU - Biller, Hugh F.
AU - Ogura, Joseph H.
AU - Brownson, Richmond Jay
PY - 1973/4
Y1 - 1973/4
N2 - The records of 43 patients requiring a forehead flap for reconstruction following oral or pharyngeal resection were reviewed in order to assess complications and to find the preferred operative technique. Major complications were present in 23% of the patients. Passage of the flap beneath zygoma, without fracture of the zygoma on occasion, is felt to be the preferred method of gaining entrance into the oral cavity. Factors related to complications including fistula formation, facial nerve paralysis, flap necrosis, and osteomylitis are discussed.
AB - The records of 43 patients requiring a forehead flap for reconstruction following oral or pharyngeal resection were reviewed in order to assess complications and to find the preferred operative technique. Major complications were present in 23% of the patients. Passage of the flap beneath zygoma, without fracture of the zygoma on occasion, is felt to be the preferred method of gaining entrance into the oral cavity. Factors related to complications including fistula formation, facial nerve paralysis, flap necrosis, and osteomylitis are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.1973.00780010326006
DO - 10.1001/archotol.1973.00780010326006
M3 - Article
C2 - 4573066
AN - SCOPUS:0015611614
VL - 97
SP - 316
EP - 318
JO - JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
SN - 2168-6181
IS - 4
ER -