Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction

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dc.contributor.authorManana, Wayne
dc.contributor.authorFagan, Johan
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-22T12:35:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-22T12:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-31
dc.description.abstractDespite the advent of vascularised free tissue transfer flaps, cervicofacial flaps remain a ‘‘workhorse’’ for reconstruction of large cheek defects, especially in regions where economic or infrastructural facilities limit the use of free tissue transfer flaps. First described by Esser in 1918, the cervicofacial flap was subsequently described in its modern form by Juri and Juri in 1979. It is a random flap comprising skin, subcutaneous fat, superficial neck veins, and pla-tysma muscle. It includes the delicate supeficial cervical fascia just deep to skin that envelopes the platysma and muscles of facial expression and extends from the epicranium above to the axilla and upper chest below; over the face it is represented by the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS). The cervicofacial flap has a wide pedicle and can be employed to cover large anterolateral craniofacial defects. Superiorly it can reach the supraorbital margin, laterally the postauricular area, and medially up to the midline.
dc.identifier.apacitationManana, W., & Fagan, J. (2025). Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction [OER]. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Otorhinolaryngology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationManana, Wayne, and Johan Fagan. (2025). "Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction." Lecture presented at ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Otorhinolaryngology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationManana, W. & Fagan, J. 2025. <i>Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction</i> [OER]. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Otorhinolaryngology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Open Education Resource AU - Manana, Wayne AU - Fagan, Johan AB - Despite the advent of vascularised free tissue transfer flaps, cervicofacial flaps remain a ‘‘workhorse’’ for reconstruction of large cheek defects, especially in regions where economic or infrastructural facilities limit the use of free tissue transfer flaps. First described by Esser in 1918, the cervicofacial flap was subsequently described in its modern form by Juri and Juri in 1979. It is a random flap comprising skin, subcutaneous fat, superficial neck veins, and pla-tysma muscle. It includes the delicate supeficial cervical fascia just deep to skin that envelopes the platysma and muscles of facial expression and extends from the epicranium above to the axilla and upper chest below; over the face it is represented by the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS). The cervicofacial flap has a wide pedicle and can be employed to cover large anterolateral craniofacial defects. Superiorly it can reach the supraorbital margin, laterally the postauricular area, and medially up to the midline. DA - 2025-10-31 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Cervicofacial Flap KW - Facial Zones KW - Reconstruction KW - SMAS KW - Head nad Neck LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2025 T1 - Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction TI - Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationManana W, Fagan J. Cervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction [OER]. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Otorhinolaryngology; provided on lecture given 2026-07-22T12:35:01Z [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43647en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Otorhinolaryngology
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectCervicofacial Flap
dc.subjectFacial Zones
dc.subjectReconstruction
dc.subjectSMAS
dc.subjectHead nad Neck
dc.titleCervicofacial Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction
dc.typeOpen Education Resource
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