{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Shahzad F"],"funding":["NCI NIH HHS"],"pagination":["e689-e693"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9345002"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["32(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Partial tongue reconstruction requires a thin pliable flap to restore volume and mobility. The lateral arm flap is well suited to this as it is a thin fasciocutaneous flap that has consistent vascular anatomy, reliable perfusion, short harvest time and low donor site morbidity. The authors report our experience with use of this flap for reconstruction of hemi-glossectomy defects.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent reconstruction of hemi-glossectomy and floor of mouth defects with a lateral arm flap, at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (Pakistan) from November 2016 to January 2020. Flaps were harvested from the nondominant upper extremity. Data were collected for patient demographics, size of defect, size of flap, recipient vess"],"journal":["The Journal of craniofacial surgery"],"pubmed_title":["Reconstruction of Hemiglossectomy Defects With the Lateral Arm Fasciocutaneous Flap."],"pmcid":["PMC9345002"],"funding_grant_id":["P30 CA008748"],"pubmed_authors":["Shahzad F","Khan M","Rahman F","Zahid N","Ahmed K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Reconstruction of Hemiglossectomy Defects With the Lateral Arm Fasciocutaneous Flap.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Partial tongue reconstruction requires a thin pliable flap to restore volume and mobility. The lateral arm flap is well suited to this as it is a thin fasciocutaneous flap that has consistent vascular anatomy, reliable perfusion, short harvest time and low donor site morbidity. The authors report our experience with use of this flap for reconstruction of hemi-glossectomy defects.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent reconstruction of hemi-glossectomy and floor of mouth defects with a lateral arm flap, at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi (Pakistan) from November 2016 to January 2020. Flaps were harvested from the nondominant upper extremity. Data were collected for patient demographics, size of defect, size of flap, recipient vess","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Nov-Dec 01","modification":"2025-04-18T13:16:13.866Z","creation":"2025-02-19T05:06:21.441Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9345002","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33674504"],"doi":["10.1097/scs.0000000000007608","10.1097/SCS.0000000000007608"]}}