An Immediate Reconstructive Surgery with a Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap using the LigaSureImpact(tm) Vessel sealing DeviceA Technical Case Report
Clinical usefulness of using LigaSureTM vessel sealing devices and the ValleylabTM electrode knife (Covidien, USA) for head and neck cancer surgery was reported. These instruments were applied to the hemiglossectomy with bilateral neck dissection and immediate reconstruction with a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap for a 64 year old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the right tongue (stage T4aN2bM0) In this case, LigaSureImpactTM vessel sealing device was remarkably useful for a short time harvesting PMMC flap with a small amount of intraoperative blood loss. LigaSureImpactTM vessel sealing bipolars is useful device in the field of reconstructive surgery in the case of harvesting bulky flap.