• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.3-8
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• 2013

Reconstruction of oral soft-tissue defects following resection of oral carcinomas can be achieved using various techniques including microsurgical tissue transfer. However, there seems to be a role for regional or local flaps. Small to medium-size defects can be functionally reconstructed with the platysma myocutaneous flap as an excellent choice particularly in medically compromised patients not being eligible for free tissue transfer. The present paper reviews the indication, surgical technique, and complications following reconstruction of defects of the oral cavity with the platysma myocutaneous flap.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2008

The goal of reconstruction following ablative therapy for intraoral cancer is the restoration of form and function to permit a return to activities of daily life. Traditional reconstruction includes split thickness skin grafts, myocutaneous flaps and, more recently, various free flaps. Free flaps provide higher level of functional recovery relative to that seen with other techniques but require the complexity of the technique and microvascular anastomosis and thus, extended surgical time and occasionally a second team for harvesting. The platysma myocutaneous cervical flap is a possible alternative for intraoral reconstruction. It is thin and pliable like the tissue provided by the radial forearm free flap. It can be harvested with enough tissue to close most head and neck ablative defects. There is virtually no donor site morbidity involved. This study evaluated 7 patients affected by intraoral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). All patients underwent the resection of intraoral SCC with neck dissection and subsequent intraoral reconstruction with the superiorly based platysma myocutaneous cervical flap. Flap-related complications occurred in 3 patients. Adjuvant radiation therapy was performed in 3 patients. Average follow-up was 24.1 months after surgery, with a range of 8 to 42 months. All patients presented self assessment of discomfort associated with intraoral recipient sites and cervical donor sites. However, the neck function measured by two-inclinometer technique was within the normal range during relatively long term follow-up period. Our study concluded that superiorly based platysma myocutaneous cervical flap is good alternative to free flaps, especially for relatively smaller defects and for the defects appropriate for the rotation arc of the flap.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.263-268
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• 1998

이상에서 저자 등은 $T_{1-3}$의 편평상피 세포암의 3증례에서 적출 후 연조직 결손부의 재건을 위해 Tashiro 등에 의해 변형된 Farr등의 경부 도상 피판을 이용하여 술후 특이한 합병증 없이 성공적인 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 피판 작도시 부피의 한계와 경부 임파절의 전이나 혹은 예방적으로 경부에 3 Gy 이상의 방사선을 투여 받은 환자에서의 사용의 제한점에도 불구하고, 경부도상 피판은 결손 부위에 따른 피판의 다양한 변형이 가능하며, 적출과 동시에 빠르고 간단하게 효과적으로 결손부를 재건할 수 있으며, 공여부에 대한 피부이식이 필요하지 않고, 부가적으로 수술 시간과 입원 기간의 단축을 초래해 환자들의 삶의 질을 높일 수 있다고 사료된다.