Lateral hypopharyngectomy (LH) is one of the organ-preservation surgical strategies available for treatment of selected naïve early squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), as well as for rarer non-SCC tumours and persistent/recurrent/second primaries after chemoradiation of the lateral wall of the piriform sinus. Its reconstructive methods have been the subject of different approaches without a general consensus. The aim of the present study is to describe a retrospective series of LH reconstructed by inlay fascio-cutaneous free flaps, reporting on oncological and functional outcomes.
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