Tunnelized Facial Artery Myomucosal Island Flap: A Modification of the FAMM Flap that Enhance its Reconstructive Versatility

Luigi Angelo Vaira; Olindo Massarelli; Jerome R Lechien; Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba; Tareck Ayad; Giacomo De Riu

doi:10.1007/s12070-023-04169-3

Tunnelized Facial Artery Myomucosal Island Flap: A Modification of the FAMM Flap that Enhance its Reconstructive Versatility

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb;76(1):1419-1420. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04169-3. Epub 2023 Aug 29.

Authors

Luigi Angelo Vaira^{1

2}, Olindo Massarelli³, Jerome R Lechien^{4

5}, Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba⁶, Tareck Ayad⁷, Giacomo De Riu¹

Affiliations

¹ Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 10, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
² Biomedical Science Department, PhD School of Biomedical Science, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
³ Maxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Mental Health and Sense Organs, University Hospital of Siena, Santa Maria Le Scotte, Siena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Laryngology and Bronchoesophagology, Mons School of Medicine, UMONS. Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, EpiCURA Hospital, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Elsan Polyclinic of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
⁶ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain.
⁷ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Université de Montéal, Montreal, Quebec Canada.

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Keywords: Buccinator myomucosal flap; Cheek myomucosal flap; FAMM; Facial artery myomucosal island flap; Flap; Maxillofacial surgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Tongue reconstruction; t-FAMMIF.