TY - JOUR
T1 - Fifty-year delay of flap for facial reconstruction
AU - Klatzkin, Shmuel
AU - Yeschua, Ruth
AU - Westreich, Melvyn
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - A 72-year-old man began reconstructive surgery after radical maxillectomy more than 50 years ago but, for unknown reasons, the reconstruction was never completed. He was left with a highly disfiguring tube pedicle flap attached between his nose and chin for more than 50 years. The patient had a preliminary procedure to inset the flap, but ultimately decided to leave the tube pedicle in place and not have further surgery This occurrence has raised concern about the need for proper motivation in reconstructive surgery.
AB - A 72-year-old man began reconstructive surgery after radical maxillectomy more than 50 years ago but, for unknown reasons, the reconstruction was never completed. He was left with a highly disfiguring tube pedicle flap attached between his nose and chin for more than 50 years. The patient had a preliminary procedure to inset the flap, but ultimately decided to leave the tube pedicle in place and not have further surgery This occurrence has raised concern about the need for proper motivation in reconstructive surgery.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028089899&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00006534-199411000-00021
DO - 10.1097/00006534-199411000-00021
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AN - SCOPUS:0028089899
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 94
SP - 869
EP - 871
JO - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
JF - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
IS - 6
ER -