الفهرس 
Effect of muscular flap augmentation on the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy
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Abstract
Forty-two patients were randomly divided into two groups. Each group had 21 patients. group (A) patients were subjected to muscular flap augmentation of the pharyngeal closure after total laryngectomy. group (B) patients had the standard primary closure of the neopharynx after total laryngectomy without any form of augmentation to the suture line. Both groups had fistula test on two fixed intervals at the 10th and the 30th day postoperatively. Twelve patients tested positive for fistula test. The incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF) was equal in both groups. The authors concluded that the use of muscular flaps did not reduce incidence of PCF as compared to standard primary closure