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Recent advances in reconstructive surgery: head and neck reconstruction

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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.

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

    Minoru Sakuraba

  2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital Central, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan

    Shimpei Miyamoto

  3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, 2-5-1 Shikada-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Yoshihiro Kimata

  4. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan

    Takashi Nakatsuka

  5. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan

    Kiyonori Harii

  6. Division of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

    Satoshi Ebihara & Ryuichi Hayashi

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Sakuraba, M., Miyamoto, S., Kimata, Y. et al. Recent advances in reconstructive surgery: head and neck reconstruction. Int J Clin Oncol 18, 561–565 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-012-0513-6

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