Application of peroneal artery perforator flap in reconstruction of soft tissue defects after oral cancer ablation
WEI Jian-hua
LEI De-lin
Abstract：Free flaps play key roles in reconstruction of oral soft tissue defects.Nowadays,reconstruction pays more attention to precision,function and less donor sites compromise.Upon employment of perforator flaps in recent years,more choices and less trauma to donor sites became possible.While forearm flap used to be workhorse in oral defects reconstruction,there were some drawbacks for the flap.The ALT flap has some advantages compared with forearm flap except for its bulkiness.The peroneal artery perforator flap owns the benefit of both forearm and ALT flaps in reconstruction of oral tongue,floor of mouth and buccal defects.We summarize the features of perforator flap in this article;it is a good alternative to forearm and ALT flaps in oral defects reconstruction.
Keywords：defectsperforator flapOSCCreconstructionperoneal artery
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 711-714 )