Innovations and Future Directions in Head and Neck Microsurgical Reconstruction.
Head and neck reconstructive microsurgery is constantly innovating because of a combination of multidisciplinary advances. This article examines recent innovations that have affected the field as well as presenting research leading to future advancement. Innovations include the use of virtual surgical planning and three-dimensional printing in craniofacial reconstruction, advances in intraoperative navigation and imaging, as well as postoperative monitoring, development of minimally invasive reconstructive microsurgery techniques, integration of regenerative medicine and stem cell biology with reconstruction, and the dramatic advancement of face transplant.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, MA1244W, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Marissa
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Suchyta
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, MA1244W, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: Mardini.samir@mayo.edu.
Samir
S
Mardini
D054445:Facial Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013524:Surgical Flaps
3D printing; Craniofacial reconstruction; Face transplant; Innovation; Perfusion monitoring; Regenerative medicine; Virtual surgical planning