Surgical management of head and neck carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
To describe surgical approaches to the management of head and neck cancers and discuss postoperative management and challenges in rehabilitation of patients with head and neck cancer.


METHODS
Peer reviewed journals, reference books, research studies.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical management of tumors in the head and neck is complex and challenging. It is influenced by tumor size, location, previous treatment, and histopathology. Technologic advances have led to better preoperative planning, improved intraoperative interventions, decreased postoperative functional defects, and extended survival in select cases.


CONCLUSIONS
A multidisciplinary oncology team approach to care is essential to successful outcomes. Basic survival skills such as breathing, eating, and communicating are all subject to compromise as a result of the disease process and treatment.
Scarpa
Raymond
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Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. scarparj@umdnj.edu
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D016879:Salvage Therapy
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents