Background: The fibula is the most commonly used flap for reconstruction of segmental mandibular defects. In a subset of patients the presence of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) can compromise adequate…
Department of Health in the United Kingdom has recently updated National Health Service Trusts across the country on implementation of cancer outcomes and service dataset. This applies to Head and…
Introduction: The colour of the flap is a very important component of clinical monitoring of free flaps. Poor colour memory, eye fatigue, colour blindness and viewing conditions can all affect…
Background and objective: Thrombosis of vascular anastomosis in the field of reconstructive microsurgery is a clinical problem of extraordinary importance for the devastating consequences for affected patients. Sildenafil has been…
Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour, but about only 8% present primarily in the jaw. Complete excision is the treatment of choice whenever feasible. A 50 year-old female,…
Different techniques of reconstruction of the frontal sinus are described in the literature. The purpose of this report is to present a case of frontal fracture managed with microvascular free…
Objective: Microvascular free tissue reconstruction (MFTR) is an established technique in re-instating tissue following ablative head and neck surgery. It is widely practised in many European, American and Asian centres….
Background and objective: There exists limited outcome data regarding the survival of paediatric microvascular free flaps (MFFs) to the head and neck. The objectives of this study were to perform…
Aim: The aim of this work was to evaluate the use of two distant local flaps (temporalis muscle and temporoparietal fascioosseous flap) and one free flap (radial forearm flap) for…
Introduction: Reconstruction of midface defects is a challenge for the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Ablative surgery, due to tumour and traumatic cases, causes an alteration of the stomatognathic system. Materials…
