TY - JOUR
T1 - Fistulae After Successful Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck
T2 - Its Prevention and Treatment
AU - AL Deek, Nidal Farhan
AU - Wei, Fu Chan
AU - Tsao, Chung Kan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Fistulas, either between oral cavity and external face or between oral and nasal cavity, are major complications after microsurgical head and neck reconstruction. Any flaw in surgical planning, design, and execution may lead to this untoward outcome. Once fistula develops, it may interface with oncologic treatment, endanger the reconstruction, and increase overall patient suffering. This article analyzes individual factors involved in development of fistulas in spite of successful transfer of a free flap and proposes treatment guideline.
AB - Fistulas, either between oral cavity and external face or between oral and nasal cavity, are major complications after microsurgical head and neck reconstruction. Any flaw in surgical planning, design, and execution may lead to this untoward outcome. Once fistula develops, it may interface with oncologic treatment, endanger the reconstruction, and increase overall patient suffering. This article analyzes individual factors involved in development of fistulas in spite of successful transfer of a free flap and proposes treatment guideline.
KW - Cancer
KW - Fistulas
KW - Free flap
KW - Microsurgical head and neck reconstruction
KW - Radiotherapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84995676301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cps.2016.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.cps.2016.05.010
M3 - 文献综述
C2 - 27601397
AN - SCOPUS:84995676301
SN - 0094-1298
VL - 43
SP - 739
EP - 745
JO - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
JF - Clinics in Plastic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
