Pioneering operation for Cyprus

2011-12-02

A TEAM of Cypriot physicians has performed a surgical procedure involving the removal of an oral cancer tumour with a free-flap reconstruction.

In a free-flap reconstruction, skin, fat and sometimes muscle are transferred from one part of the body to another. “Free” implies that the tissue, along with its blood supply, is detached from the original location (“donor site”) and then transferred to another location (“recipient site”).

The intricate operation, lasting 16 hours in all, was carried out earlier this week at the American Heart Institute by two doctors: Neophytos Demetriades, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and plastic surgeon Georgios Psaras.

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