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Surgical Assessment

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Radiological and surgical assessment of head and neck microsurgical patients is crucial to accurate diagnosis, treatment planning, and determination of the ideal management for each individual patient. With the advent of patient-specific diagnosis, and treatment considerations, it is vital that the appropriate investigations are selected in evaluating individual patients. Careful attention to the medical history, comorbidities, and specific patient questions may help avoid adverse outcomes and potentially catastrophic results.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgeon, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

    Omar Breik

  2. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

    Sat Parmar

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  1. Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, AQ Surgery: Head and Neck, Microvascular Institute, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

    Anastasiya Quimby

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surg, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Sat Parmar

  3. College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Rui Fernandes

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Breik, O., Parmar, S. (2023). Surgical Assessment. In: Quimby, A., Parmar, S., Fernandes, R. (eds) Complex Head and Neck Microvascular Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38898-9_2

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