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Expanders and implants, transposition of the latissimus dorsi muscle flap (when unaffected by the syndrome), and the rectus abdominis muscle flap when the latissimus dorsi is absent are options that have been proposed to reconstruct breast volume [ 1, 6– 8].

The temporalis fascia is less bulky than the temporalis muscle flap when it was rotated over the zygomatic arch and has aesthetic advantages [ 19].

When the tracheal injury occurred, the surgeons should have created an intercostal muscle flap to repair the injury and then performed a cervical esophagostomy.

sternothyroid muscle flap.

Muscular flaps (e.g., the soleus muscle flap, extensor digitorum brevis), perforator flaps and free flaps could be employed as alternative to the sural fasciomusculocutaneous flap.

We used local anteriorly based pericranial flaps (23 flaps, alone or in combination with other flaps), bipedicled galeal flaps (seven patients) and free flaps (nine patients; radial forearm fascial/fasciocutaneous flaps, rectus abdominis muscle flap and latissimus dorsi muscle flap).

Fig. 4 SMAS flap and SCM muscle flap procedure of the case 1 patient.

c Photograph 1 year after muscle flap coverage.

SMAS flap was dissected between skin flap and parotid gland (a) and sutured with rotated SCM muscle flap (b).

Pectoralis major muscle flap under the trachea (white arrow).

Nevertheless, SCM muscle flap have other benefits unlike other procedures such as the temporoparietal or platysma muscle flap.