• Department of Head &;
  • Neck Surgery, Sichuan Provincial Tumour Hospital, Chengdu, Sichan610041 ;;
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Myocutaneous flap; Trapezius musle; Repair; Tumour resection
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In order to observe the morphological feature and blood supply of the pedicled trapezius myocutaneous flap, dissection was carried out on 114 sides of 54 cadavers. It was demostrated that trapezius muscle had multiple sources for its blood supply, including (1) dorsal scapular artery; (2)transvers cervical artery; (3) occipital artery and (4)spinal perforating artery. The dorsal scapular artery may originate from the same stem with the transvers cervical artery (68.4%), or originate seperatly (31.6%). Thirteen patients had radical resection for malignant tumour of head and neck, and were combined with pedicled trapezius myocutaneous flap, in which 6 with upper trapezius myocutaneous flap and 7 with lower trapezius myocutaneous flap. The results were fairly good. the advantages and disadvantages of the lower and upper trapezius myocutaneous flaps as well as the pectorlis major myocutaneous flap were discussed.

Citation： Tao Yuanxiao,Jin Shengrong,Liao Wenman,et al.. STUDY OF THE USE OF PEDICLED TRAPEZIUS MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP /〖ＷＴ〗. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1996, 10(2): 87-89. doi: Copy