Tips to Virtually Plan Your Free Scapula Flap.

ABSTRACT: The use of virtual surgical planning (VSP) and computer-aided design and manufacturing to assist in osseous reconstruction has become the standard of care in head and neck reconstruction. The use of the free fibula flap with VSP remains the most common flap for osseous reconstruction, and as such, it is well described in the published literature. The scapular free flap (SFF) based on the angular branch has not yet garnered the same attention. The popularity of the SFF osseus head and neck reconstruction is increasing due to the flaps' inherently different properties and indications it can fulfill; the natural curvature of the bone, the reduced incidence of atheroscelerosis in the donor vessels and the earlier postoperative mobilization of the patient. In the preoperative planning process,

SUBMITTER: Reilly FOF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412698 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature