Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction

• Main Authors: Thankappan Krishnakumar, Duarah Sandip, Trivedi Nirav, Panikar Dilip, Kuriakose Moni, Iyer Subramania
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2009-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
• Subjects: Free fibula flap; head and neck reconstruction; cervical spinal reconstruction; skull base chordoma; mandibulotomy approach
• Online Access: http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2009;volume=42;issue=2;spage=252;epage=254;aulast=Thankappan
• ISSN: 0970-0358; 1998-376X

We report a case of vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap used for composite cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction, in a patient with recurrent skull base chordoma, resected by an anterior approach via median labio-mandibular glossotomy approach. Bone stability and pharyngeal wall integrity were simultaneously restored