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The latter is often associated with malignancies or their treatments. Reconstruction in this context is particularly challenging due to the defect's location, size, and compromised tissue quality. Here, we present for the first time the surgical treatment of TOF using a free superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator (SCIP) flap. Three patients were included in the present report (84\u2010year\u2010old female, 74\u2010year\u2010old male, 62\u2010year\u2010old male). Two patients developed a TOF following total laryngectomy combined with partial pharyngectomy, and one patient, following total laryngectomy without partial pharyngectomy. All the patients received a surgical treatment for a head and neck malignancy. The TOFs were successfully closed in three patients using a SCIP\u2010Flap. The elevated SCIP\u2010Flap measured on average 15\u2009\u00d7\u20098\u2009cm. In two cases, the return to a normal, oral diet was established within 1\u20133 months with successful vocal rehabilitation. The third case did not return to a complete oral diet because of a dehiscence and ongoing palliative chemotherapy. The other two patient underwent 1\u2010year follow\u2010up without complications. This report suggests that the SCIP flap could be a feasible low morbidity and relatively straightforward reconstructive option, yielding favorable postoperative outcomes for TOF even in cases of multiple prior surgeries and adjuvant radiochemotherapy treatment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/micr.70260","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T05:20:46Z","timestamp":1782278446000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Closure of Tracheoesophageal Fistula Employing the Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator (\n                    <scp>SCIP<\/scp>\n                    ) Flap: Report of Three Cases"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"46","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-4585-1973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Evelin","family":"Kovacs\u2010Sipos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology\u2014Head and Neck Surgery Cantonal Hospital Lucerne  Lucerne Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5289-9140","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mario F.","family":"Scaglioni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Medicine University of Lucerne  Lucerne Switzerland"},{"name":"Plastic Surgery Pyramide  Zurich Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matteo","family":"Meroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery Cantonal Hospital Lucerne  Lucerne Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gunesh P.","family":"Rajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences and Medicine University of Lucerne  Lucerne Switzerland"},{"name":"Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical School University of Western Australia  Perth Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40463-019-0344-9"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.31386"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0034-1370360"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.PRS.0000095948.03605.20"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/16000617.0094-2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/SAP.0000000000001776"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers13174329"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.24372"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/hed.27760"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","first-page":"172","article-title":"Closure of Tracheooesophgeal Fistula With Prefabricates Revascularised Bilmaniar Radial Forearm Free Flap","volume":"38","author":"Wreesmann V. 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