Lateral Arm Free Flap for Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity and Head and Neck Soft Tissue Defects.

Oral Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lateral Arm Free Flap for Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity and Head and Neck Soft Tissue Defects.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05296811
• Other study ID #: Lateral Arm Free Flap
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: hassan harby
• Phone: 0101261001
• Email: harby1990hassan[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The excision of oral cancers causes extensive impairment of the oral cavity soft tissue. Complete excision of the tumors is vital, and the reconstruction of the resected area influences not only the postoperative recovery period of patients but also physiological functions such as swallowing, phonation function ,daily activities and psychosocial impact.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are faced with the task of reconstructing the affected area to reduce these problems as much as possible.

In 1982, Song introduced the lateral arm flap (LAF). Since this time, its used in surgical repairs of oral defects, But the specific subject of publications generally restricted to a small number of cases.

LAF is a thin and pliable flap with consistent anatomy and a high success rate. It is also claimed that there is no risk of vascular compromise to the arm

Description:

reconstruction of oral , head and neck defects with Lateral Arm Free Flap

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All patients post glossectomy.

2. Patients post maxillectomy with malignant maxillary swelling with no distant metastases.

3. All patients which defect after surgery for head and neck neoplasia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Small defect post excision can be closed directly 2. medically unfit patients

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mouth Neoplasms
• Oral Cancer

Intervention

Procedure:
• Lateral Arm Free Flap
Primary Reconstruction of intraoral defects by use of Lateral Arm Free Flap.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Assiut University	Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
hassan harby mohamed

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (1)

Nahabedian MY, Deune EG, Manson PN. Utility of the lateral arm flap in head and neck reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2001 May;46(5):501-5. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Early detection of recurrence	reconstruction of defects in head and neck post surgical excision by lateral arm free flap and early detection of recurrence by CT neck.	3 month