caa a22 4500 606184228 CHVBK 20210128100825.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3461-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3461-0 Management of different kinds of head and neck defects with the submental flap for reconstruction [Elektronische Daten] [Wan-Chun Tsai, Jinn-Moon Yang, Shao-Cheng Liu, Yueng-Hsiang Chu, Wen-Sen Lai, Yaoh-Shiang Lin, Jih-Chin Lee] Head and neck surgeries often accompany with moderate-sized defects that require time-consuming reconstructions by free flaps. The submental flap is a versatile and time-effective option for reconstruction of orofacial defects providing acceptable cosmetic and functional results without requiring microsurgical techniques. A retrospective case series study of patients who underwent reconstruction with the submental flap between 2009 and 2013 was conducted. There were 36 patients (33 men and 3 women), with a mean age of 56.4 years, enrolled in this study. The primary lesion sites included oral cavity (24 patients), pharynx (8 patients), larynx (2 patients), neck (1 patient) as well as maxillary sinus (1 patient). All flaps were harvested as the myocutaneous flaps. All donor sites were closed primarily without the need of additional surgery. No complete loss of the flap was encountered and two cases developed marginal necrosis of the flap. The submental flap had a reliable pedicle and had minimal donor-site morbidity. It is an excellent flap option for patients with small- to medium-sized defects in head and neck region. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Submental flap nationallicence Reconstruction nationallicence Head neck defects nationallicence Tsai Wan-Chun Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut Yang Jinn-Moon Department of Biological Science and Technology, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan aut Liu Shao-Cheng Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut Chu Yueng-Hsiang Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut Lai Wen-Sen Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut Lin Yaoh-Shiang Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan aut Lee Jih-Chin Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3815-3819 0937-4477 272:12<3815 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3461-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3461-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tsai Wan-Chun Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Jinn-Moon Department of Biological Science and Technology, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Shao-Cheng Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chu Yueng-Hsiang Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lai Wen-Sen Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Yaoh-Shiang Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Jih-Chin Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, Neihu district, 114, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3815-3819 0937-4477 272:12<3815 2015 272 405