title: Concepts in neck reconstruction.
abstract: This article reviews the principles and techniques of reconstructing soft-tissue defects of the neck. The various surgical techniques, including local rotational flaps, tissue expansion, and free tissue transfer, are reviewed, and considerations in the selection of surgical techniques are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8191, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Shindo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*