Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flaps

My first international publication - Asian Journal of Surgery, published in 1990.

I presented the paper in the Convention of the Asian Surgical Association in Fukuoka, Japan (either 1989 or 1990).

I did a lot of these operations with Dr. Arturo de la Peña and Dr. Jose Cueto.

Dr. Rey

Experience with 83 Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flaps for Reconstruction of the Head and Neck

Reynaldo O. Joson

Department of Surgery, University of the Philippines

College of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital

Manila, Philippines

Asian Journal of Surgery

Vol 13(2): 84-87; April, 1990

Abstract

Personal experience with 83 pectoralis major island myocutaneous flaps in 81 patients were reviewed. All the flaps used in reconstructing head and neck defects that resulted from extirpation of advanced malignancy. For those patients without flap necrosis, reconstruction using this flap was performed in one stage. Ten of 83 flaps either partially or completely failed, attributable to technical factors. With proper and meticulous attention to detail, the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap can provide a useful and reliable method for primary reconstruction of various head and neck defects.