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ArticleIndian journal of surgical oncology2025

K T Siddappa, Greeshma Upadhya, Krishna Prasad, B Gurukeerthi, Shruthi Patil, Deeksha Thakur, Lekhan Shivashankar, R Krishnappa

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Article in Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

K T SiddappaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.
Greeshma UpadhyaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.
Krishna PrasadDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.
B GurukeerthiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.
Shruthi PatilDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka India.
Deeksha ThakurDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka India.
Lekhan ShivashankarTampa, USA.
R KrishnappaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gold standard for central arch defects of the mandible is reconstruction with vascularized bone free flap. Free flap repair is always not an option due to lack of resources and in patients who are not healthy enough for lengthy surgery. In these situations, a standardized method of repair is by reconstruction plate and wrapping it with a regional flap like pectoralis major myocutaneous flap (PMMC). However, this method of repair has increased risk of plate exposure, plate fracture, partial or complete flap necrosis, and delayed decannulation, swallowing, adjuvant treatment. Hence, we describe a new technique of incorporating titanium

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Recon arch plateReduced plate exposureTunneling within PMMC flap

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PMID40114863
PMCPMC11920558

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