The skin-muscle flap of the pectoralis major muscle in reconstructive surgery of oral cavity

Abstract

Annotation. The article presents a description of surgical intervention to replace a postoperative defect with a skin-muscle flap of the pectoralis major muscle in a patient with a tumor of the oral cavity. The pectoralis major skin-muscle flap in oral reconstruction is important as a transfer of a vascularized massive block of tissue from a non-irradiated area. The vascular pedicle of the skin-muscle flap of the pectoralis major muscle is of sufficient diameter and length to reconstruct the floor of the oral cavity. The arterialized flap, which includes the pectoralis major muscle, is indicated for the one-moment closure of large postoperative defects of the oral cavity.