Latissmus Dorsi Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction

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2025-10-31

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43572
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Latissimus dorsi flap for head and neck reconstruction.pdf (2.57 MB)
Authors
Pipkorn, Patrik
Jackson, Ryan
Haughey, Bruce
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Division of Otorhinolaryngology
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
The flap can be harvested as a pedicled or free flap and as a muscular or myocuta-neous flap with an overlying skin paddle. It can also be harvested along with any other flap based on the subscapular vascular system as a chimeric or subscapular “mega-flap”. Despite its size it can be harvested without significant donor site morbidity. The muscle is normally about 1cm thick. Because it atrophies significantly if it is not reinnervated, it is a popular option for scalp reconstruction and for other defects in the head and neck area including reconstruction of skull base and total glossectomy defects.
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Latissimus Dorsi
Free Flap
Pedicled Flap
Head and Neck Reconstruction
Total Glossectomy

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Pipkorn, P., Jackson, R. & Haughey, B. 2025. Latissmus Dorsi Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction [OER]. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Otorhinolaryngology. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43572

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