@article {TOKASHIKI4033, author = {KUNIHIKO TOKASHIKI and ISAKU OKAMOTO and TAKURO OKADA and HIROKI SATO and KIYOAKI TSUKAHARA}, title = {Postoperative Complications of Jejunal and Skin Valve Reconstruction in Free Reconstructive Surgery for Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma}, volume = {41}, number = {8}, pages = {4033--4038}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.21873/anticanres.15203}, publisher = {International Institute of Anticancer Research}, abstract = {Background/Aim: This study evaluated the incidence of perioperative complications in jejunal flap compared with the free tissue flap approach. Patients and Methods: This study included 75 patients who underwent free flap reconstruction for hypopharyngeal carcinoma. The primary outcome was the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula, and the secondary outcomes were perioperative complications. Results: Pharyngocutaneous fistula developed in 7\% of patients who underwent jejunal flap procedures and 6\% of patients who underwent free tissue flap procedure. Flap sampling site complications occurred in 23\% of patients who underwent jejunal flap procedures and in none of the patients who underwent free tissue flap procedure. Conclusion: No significant difference was observed in the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula between the two groups (p=0.99), but complications at the flap sampling site were significantly more common in jejunal flap procedures than in free tissue flap procedures (p=0.03). Free tissue flap procedures are potential reconstruction methods superior to jejunal flap methods.}, issn = {0250-7005}, URL = {https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/8/4033}, eprint = {https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/8/4033.full.pdf}, journal = {Anticancer Research} }