Professor and Chair
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, United States
Peirong Yu, MD, MS, FACS, Professor and Chair ad interim, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Yu’s main clinical and research interests are in the area of complex head and neck reconstruction, tracheoesophageal reconstruction, and refinement of perforator flaps. He first described the ABC perforator anatomy for the ALT flap in 2004, reported the first clinical use of the internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap in the literature in 2006, reported the first microsurgical tracheal reconstruction in the US in 2006, first to describe the perforator anatomy and mapping of the anteromedial thigh flap in 2011 and the ulnar artery perforator flap in 2012. Dr. Yu has made significant contributions in head and neck reconstruction, such as pharyngoesophageal reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh flap, microsurgical tracheal reconstruction, reconstruction of combined tracheal and total esophageal defects, managing osteoradionecrosis of the mandible, and reconstruction of head neck defects in patients with a frozen neck. Dr. Yu described the detailed anatomy of the transverse cervical vessels and reported their use as recipient vessels in patients with a vessel depleted neck. Dr. Yu has developed a rapid awakening protocol (RAP) for patients with head neck free flap reconstruction to be extubated/awakened immediately following surgery to avoid overnight ventilator support, which significantly expedited postoperative recovery, decreased medical complications, and shortened length of stay.
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Lateral Arm Free Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
10:42 AM - 10:48 AM East Coast USA Time