Journal Reviews

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

7 July 2020 | Sangeeta Maini | 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...

Vascularised tissue in salvage total laryngectomy

1 September 2014 | Mark Puvanendran | Salvage laryngectomy, free flaps, pedicled flaps, pharyngocutaneous fistula, reconstruction, recurrent laryngeal cancer

Chemoradiation (CRT) has become the mainstay for locally advanced laryngeal cancer since the RTOG 91-11 trial. Unfortunately there is still a substantial demand for salvage laryngectomies, which have a higher complication rate, the most notable being pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF). Several...