Morbidity of donor flaps from the lower limbs

The accepted standard of reconstruction in the oropharynx is microsurgical tissue transfer, particularly for composite defects. One of the challenges of microsurgery is to minimise morbidity at the donor site, and we have found that flaps taken from the leg can have considerable morbidity after multidisciplinary treatment for cancer. We propose an alternative method to close the skin at the donor site in an attempt to reduce this.

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