BookBoban M Erovic, Piero Lercher.
Summary: Ablative tumor surgery of the head and neck region often results in severe cosmetic and functional deformities. In these cases, microvascular free-tissue transfer enables three-dimensional reconstruction of head and neck defects. The selection of adequate donor tissue and a profound knowledge of the human anatomy and the various harvesting techniques are paramount in ensuring successful reconstruction. Reflecting current surgical approaches, this book presents the most frequently used flaps in head and neck surgery, including detailed overviews as well as their respective pearls and pitfalls. Moreover, each section contains a synopsis and pre-operative checklist. The overlay-technique merges high-quality-photographs with drawings and precisely illustrates the step-to-step descriptions of the different flap harvesting techniques, making this manual in pocket size an unique and accessible reference for both doctors in training and specialists in the field of otolaryngology, head and neck, plastic, maxillofacial and skull base surgery.
Contents:
Part I: Introduction
1. History of microvascular surgery
2. Selection of flaps
3. Classification of flaps
4. Preoperative considerations
5. Intraoperative considerations
6. Arterial anastomosis
7. Venous anastomosis
8. Postoperative care
9. Timetable of homeostasis
10. Flap surveillance protocol
11. No patency and flap salvage options
12. Skin graft harvest
13. Full-thickness skin graft
14. Harvesting vein grafts
15. Sural nerve grafts
16. Harvest of rib cartilage
Part II: Regional Flaps
17. Paramedian flap
18. Buccal flap
19. Palatal island flap
20. Facial artery musculomucosal flap
21. Sternocleidomastoid flap
22. Supraclavicular artery flap
23. Deltopectoral flap
24. Pectoralis major flap
Part III: Free flaps
25. Tempoparietal fascia free flap
26. Scapula/parascapula free flap
27. Latissimus dorsi free flap
28. Radial forearm free flap
29. Tensor fascia lata free flap
30. Anterolateral thigh flap
31. Fibula free flap.