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Vito Forte, MD; William G. Middleton, MD; T. David Briant, MD, FRCS(C), FACS

Arch Otolaryngol. 1985;111(6):371-374.

Abstract
• The controlled expansion of myocutaneous flaps offers a potential means of increasing their size. The pectoralis major flap was successfully expanded in pigs, giving mean percentage increases in the axial lengths of 32% and widths of 51% over nonexpanded controls. Angiographic and histomorphologic studies of the expanded flaps demonstrated the vascular and histologic changes that resulted. This new surgical technique should prove valuable in extending the field of head and neck reconstruction in man.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:371-374)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, and the University of Toronto.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 8, 1985.

Read before the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (Research Forum), Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 3, 1984.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, St Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada (Dr Briant).

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