CASE REPORT
REPAIR OF A LARGE PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA WITH THE FREE DORSALIS PEDIS FLAP
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Ataturk University Medical Faculty, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey
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Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Van, Turkey
Online publication date: 2007-01-15
Publication date: 2007-01-15
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Atatürk Ü. Tıp Fakültesi Yakutiye Araştırma Hast. Plastik Cerrahi AD. 25240, Erzurum, Turkey
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Eur J Gen Med 2007;4(1):39-43
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Postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistulas are the relatively frequent complications of total laryngo-oesophagectomy. Despite various treatment strategies have been mentioned in the literature, ideal method for closure of the large pharyngocutaneous fistulas is still controversial. In this report we have succesfully closed a large pharyngocutaneous fistula with free dorsalis pedis flap after ablation of oesophageal cancer.