Applied anatomy of the submental island flap and its clinical application in the repair of defects following hypopharyngeal carcinoma resection

作     者：Xi Chen Han Zhou Yong-Jie Zhang Lin Yin Mei-Ping Lu Guang-Qian Xing Zi-Ping Lin 

作者机构：Department of Otorhinolaryngology The First Affiliated Hospital Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210029 China Department of Human Anatomy School of Basic Medical Sciences Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210029 China Department of Stomatology The First Affiliated Hospital Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210029 China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery》 (世界耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第1卷第1期

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：grants from the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(JX10231801) the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Health(XK200719, H201003 and RC2011071) the People's Republic of China 

主　　题：Submental island flap Submental artery Submental vein Hypopharyngeal neoplasms Reconstructive surgical procedures 

摘      要：Objective: To explore the feasibility of the submental island flap in the repair of hypopharyngeal ***: We collected wet specimens of fresh cadaveric heads from the Han Chinese adult population for applied anatomy of the submental island flap, and followed five patients with pyriform sinus carcinoma after reconstruction surgery using submental island ***: We found that the average length and width of the submental island flaps were (65.20 ± 11.69) mm and (46.70 ± 6.59) mm, *** skin flap in all five patients survived after surgery, and tracheal tubes and gastric tubes were removed 7-36 days after *** were followed up for 24-42 months, pharyngeal flaps grew well, and speech and swallowing functions were ***: The submental island flap is a preferred material for the repair of hypopharyngeal defects after hypopharyngeal carcinoma resection, because of good blood supply, easy harvesting, and high survival rate.