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The use of a prefabricated radial forearm free flap for closure of a large tracheocutaneous fistula: a case report and review of the literature

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Title
The use of a prefabricated radial forearm free flap for closure of a large tracheocutaneous fistula: a case report and review of the literature
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13256-015-0728-z
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Allison K. Royer, Mark C. Royer, Jonathan Y. Ting, Edward C. Weisberger, Michael G. Moore

Abstract

The closure of complex tracheocutaneous fistulae is a surgical challenge. We describe a staged approach for management of a patient with a large tracheocutaneous fistula in the setting of prior surgery and local radiation therapy. A 66-year-old Caucasian man who had undergone prior surgery and radiation therapy to the lower neck presented to our hospital for treatment of a large tracheocutaneous fistula that had developed with an adjacent area of tracheal stenosis. A prefabricated composite graft made up of an inner mucosal lining (buccal mucosa), a central cartilage structure (conchal cartilage), and external skin lining was constructed on the patient's distal volar forearm and subsequently harvested in a staged fashion. This graft was transferred as a free flap and successfully used to close the patient's defect following revascularization. Sixty months after surgery, the patient had no airway compromise or new dysphonia. The use of a prefabricated mucosally lined composite graft can allow for successful closure of large tracheocutaneous fistulae, even in the setting of prior radiation therapy.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 4 20%
Student > Master 3 15%
Researcher 1 5%
Student > Postgraduate 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 10 50%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 40%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Engineering 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 40%
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