title: Immediate reconstruction in ablative head and neck surgery.
abstract: Effective reconstructive techniques are available for immediate, primary repair of surgical defects caused by extensive ablation for malignant conditions of the head and neck. Primary repairs rely heavily on the principle of 'axial-based' skin flaps which can be transposed into the defects without delay. Three cases are presented to illustrate the method.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002610:Cheek; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous