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Topic: State of the Art in the Management of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The reliability of the “Iberic graft” for

covering of the radial forearm free flap

donor site

Manuel Moreno-Sánchez , Raúl González-García 1,2
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1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Infanta Cristina, 06080 Badajoz, Spain.
2 Department of Surgery, University of Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain.
Correspondence Author: Dr. Manuel Moreno-Sánchez, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Surgery, University
Hospital Infanta Cristina, Avenida de Elvas s/n, 06080 Badajoz, Spain. E-mail: manumorenosanchez@hotmail.com

Dr. Manuel Moreno-Sánchez, M.D., obtained his Medical Degree at the University of Extremadura School of
Medicine in Badajoz, Spain, in 2010. After that, he began to work as Resident Surgeon of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery at the University Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain. He is also University Honorary
Collaborator at the University of Extremadura and he has completed a Master’s Degree in Biomedicine.
Currently, he is a postgraduate student at the Program of Modeling and Experimentation in Science and
Technology of the University of Extremadura.

Prof. Raúl González-García, M.D., Ph.D, FEBOMFS, was graduated in Medicine (Medical Degree, M.D.) by the
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain, in 2001, and obtained his trainee in Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery in the University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, in 2007. He obtained his Ph.D.
Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid School of Medicine, in 2011. Since
2007 he is Consultant Surgeon at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Infanta
Cristina, Badajoz, Spain, and he is also a University Honorary Collaborator at the Universidad de Extremadura
School of Medicine. He is actually Editor-in-Chief of Plastic and Aesthetic Research, Assistant Director of Revista
Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Permanent Member of the Reviewer Commitee of International Journal
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Contributing Editor of Current Research in Dentistry, and Member of the
Editorial Board/reviewer of more than 35 international journals of the speciality. He is author of more than
130 publications, 96 of them in international Medline/PubMed-indexed journals, 15 chapters in books of
the speciality, and he is author of the text book "Reconstrucción Maxilomandibular Compleja: Microcirugía,
Distracción Ósea e Implantes dentales".

ABSTRACT
Aim: Traditional donor site closure from radial forearm free flap (RFFF) has been associated
with esthetic and functional morbidity. To avoid complications, such as color mismatch and
secondary donor site morbidity, a new technique named ‘‘Iberic graft’’ for covering the RFFF
donor site was described previously by our team. Methods: A study of patients who underwent
reconstruction of head and neck defects using a RFFF was conducted to assess postoperative
complications of the RFFF donor site and also to evaluate the morbidity in terms of aesthetics
and function following the use of the “Iberic graft”. The donor site was covered by the use of

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DOI: R. The reliability of the “Iberic graft” for covering of the radial
10.20517/2347-9264.2016.21 forearm free flap donor site. Plast Aesthet Res 2016;3:197-202.
Received: 04-04-2016; Accepted: 02-06-2016
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