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Renovating the Old Fashion: The “Functional Technique” for Harvesting Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap in Head and Neck Reconstruction

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Although free flaps are widely recognized as a gold standard, pectoralis major muscle flap (PMMF) still remains a valuable workhorse in head and neck reconstruction. The technique we describe in the present paper allows to harvesting the PMMF with an accurate and complete isolation of the pedicle, sparing the superior sternum–acromion muscular fibers.

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  1. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, “San Maurizio” Hospital, Bolzano, Italy

    Remo Accorona, Aurel Nebiaj & Luca Calabrese

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Oncology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

    Shadi Awny

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varèse, Italy

    Enrico Fazio

  4. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, University of Insubria, Via Guicciardini 9, 21100, Varèse, Italy

    Enrico Fazio

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Accorona, R., Awny, S., Fazio, E. et al. Renovating the Old Fashion: The “Functional Technique” for Harvesting Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap in Head and Neck Reconstruction. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 20, 154–156 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-019-01319-5

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