… after cancer treatment … Cancer Registry, \300 new oral and pharyngeal cancers were
diagnosed among the Finnish population of 5 million in 1995 (19). A large number of these cancer …

… in our patients before treatment. Unemployment and heavy alcohol use cannot be regarded
as exclusion criteria in upper aerodigestive tract cancer free-flap surgery, but patients with …

… It ranges from the use of the soft tissue flap with skin island that is sutured as a patch to the
remnants of the pharyngeal mucosa, to the use of a visceral flap, such as the free jejunal flap, …

… Over the last several decades, tissue transfer and flap reconstruction have become … treatment
of cancers. The most commonly utilized methods of reconstruction include pedicled flaps, …

… A retrospective analysis was conducted examining the hospital records of the patients operated
for hypopharyngeal cancer and reconstructed with pedicled or free flaps at our Institution …

… reconstruction using either a pharyngeal flap alone or a pharyngeal flap and free flap for
various types of soft palate defects caused by head and neck cancer treatment. In soft palate …

… flap nerve reconstruction for better swallow outcome. A comparison of sensate and non-sensate
flaps … of this study, and the previous statement should therefore be treated with caution. …

… pharyngeal mucosa may be closed primarily, defects with less than 3.5 cm of residual
pharyngeal mucosal width require a pedicled patch flap … of surgical treatment for cancers of or …

… and after radiation therapy) for patients treated for oropharyngeal cancer by means of primary
resection and reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap. Degree of involvement of the …

… hospital stay for free flap reconstructions after surgery for cancers of the oral cavity or pharynx.
Data concerning 207 oral cavity or pharynx free flap reconstructions were extracted from a …