Ukususwa kwezicubu okuhlanganisiwe kuyindlela yokuhlinzwa esetshenziselwa ukwelapha umdlavuza we-oropharyngeal kanye ne-laryngeal ehilela ukususa ingxenye yomlomo kanye nomhlathi ongezansi. Amangqamuzana omdlavuza ahlasela amathambo kunzima kakhulu ukuwabhubhisa nge-chemotherapy kanye/noma ngemisebe, ngakho-ke ithambo lomdlavuza kumele lisuswe. Lokhu kususwa kwezicubu kuholela ekuwohlokeni okukhulu kokusebenza kanye nobuhle, okudinga ukwakhiwa kabusha kwe-flap.
I-radial forearm free flap (RFFF) iyindlela yokwakha kabusha ehlukahlukene esetshenziselwa ukulungisa amaphutha omlomo ngemva kokususwa kwesimila somdlavuza. Isetshenziswa kabanzi ekwakheni kabusha imithambo yegazi yolimi, izicubu ezithambile zangaphakathi komlomo, i-oropharynx, i-soft palate, i-hypopharynx, i-cervical oesophagus, kanye namaphutha athile esikhumba, futhi inezinga eliphezulu lempumelelo.
Izinto eziyinhloko ezivimbela ukusebenzisa le flap ukungagelezi kwegazi okuhambisanayo esandleni, ukungalingani kwemithambo yegazi, kanye nokulimala kwangaphambilini kokuhlinzwa noma okubuhlungu kwemithambo yegazi. Nakuba kungcono ukusebenzisa ingalo engalawuleki, kunokulahlekelwa okuncane kokusebenza ngemva kokuvunwa kwe-flap.
UMnu. Prasad Nicodemus waseHyderabad, eTelangana, uphumelele ekuhlinzweni nge-Radial Free Forearm Flap ezibhedlela zaseYashoda, eHyderabad, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. K. Sreekanth, uchwepheshe wezifo zomdlavuza.