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ArticleClinical case reports2021

Indication for management of oropharyngocutaneous fistulas after head and neck reconstruction using a "stick-shaped platysma flap" technique.

Mari Matsuura-Midorikawa, Hideaki Rikimaru, Yukiko Rikimaru-Nishi, Hisashi Migita, Hiroaki Tanaka, Mai Oyama, Kensuke Kiyokawa

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mari Matsuura-MidorikawaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6988-4834
Hideaki RikimaruDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.
Yukiko Rikimaru-NishiDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.
Hisashi MigitaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.
Hiroaki TanakaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.
Mai OyamaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.
Kensuke KiyokawaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery Kurume University School of Medicine Kurume Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main strength of the stick-shaped platysma flap technique is it provides adequate tissue volume, while being comparatively simple to perform. It is a highly efficient and straightforward method to close intractable fistulas with minimal morbidity.

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complications of head and neck reconstructionfistula closureminimally invasive surgeryplatysma flapstick‐shaped platysma flap

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PMID34336209
PMCPMC8319381

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