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  • Title: Facial reconstruction with latissimus dorsi myocutaneous island flap following total maxillectomy.
    Author: Yamamoto K, Takagi N, Miyashita Y, Hirabayashi M, Goto A.
    Journal: J Craniomaxillofac Surg; 1987 Oct; 15(5):288-90. PubMed ID: 3479450.
    Abstract:
    Following total maxillectomy for maxillary cancer, facial reconstruction was performed using a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous island flap. Postreconstructive deformity was studied in 10 patients. In 5 patients, after simple total maxillectomy the inner raw surface of the facial skin and orbito was covered by the flap, and the other extended total maxillectomy patients where the orbital contents and facial skin were involved, reconstruction was by means of the folded flap. In the patients with simple total maxillectomy, cicatricial contracture of the facial skin and cicatricial ectropion of the lower eyelid were quite small, and in the patients with extended total maxillectomy, reconstructed facial skin did not give rise to cicatricial contracture.
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