title: Recent advances in reconstructive surgery: head and neck reconstruction.
abstract: Although advances in radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancers of the head and neck have been remarkable, surgical resection followed by reconstructive surgery is still the mainstay of treatment. Of the reconstructive procedures, microsurgical tissue transfer has been considered the standard method for restoring postoperative functions and morphology. In this review article, we discuss the history of reconstructive surgery for treating cancers of the head and neck, current problems, and future challenges.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan. msakurab@east.ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuraba
authors.forename: Shimpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimata
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: Kiyonori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harii
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006257:Head / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps