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Does use of pectoralis muscle myocutaneous flap (PMMCF) reduce postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula complication after salvage laryngectomy?

7 July 2020 | | Radiotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, pectoralis major myocutaneous flap, pharyngeal interposition graft, pharyngocutaneous fistula, salvage total laryngectomy

Salvage laryngectomy for recurrent laryngeal carcinoma following failed radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy is associated with high postoperative complication rate. The primary aim of this paper was to assess whether use of muscle myocutaneous flap (PMMCF) as an interposition graft reduces the...