Morphologic assessment of mandibular reconstruction by free fibula flap and donor-site functional impairment in a series of 23 patients

Functional assessment of donor-site morb

Functional assessment of donor-site morbidity after harvest of a fibula chimeric flap with a sheet of soleus muscle for mandibular composite defect reconstruction

✍ Yu-chi Huang; Chau-peng Leong; Ya-ping Pong; Ting-yuan Liu; Yur-ren Kuo 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 121 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract This study aims to compare donor‐site morbidity between the traditional fibula osteocutaneous and chimeric fibula flaps for mandibular reconstruction. Twenty‐three patients with head and neck cancer were recruited. Fifteen patients underwent the traditional fibula osteocutaneous flap. E