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Abstract
In patients with carcinoma of the head and neck region, various muscle flaps have
been utilized to cover large surgical defects to help buttress a suture line, for
cosmetic purposes, or to protect the carotid bulb and carotid arteries. The technic
and our experience with more than fifty cases are outlined.
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© 1965 Published by Elsevier Inc.
