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Basic Principle of Resection for Head and Neck Cancer

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Resection and Reconstruction of Head & Neck Cancers

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Treatment options for the management of head and neck cancer include surgery, radiation, chemoradiotherapy, or a combination of these treatments. This chapter focuses on basic principles of the surgical resection for head and neck cancers. The challenge of ablative surgery of head and neck cancers is to perform an adequate resection while providing the best functional reconstruction. Adequate resection of the primary tumor, eradication of regional lymph nodes, and successful reconstruction are the key to most efficacious treatment for head and neck cancer. The following section would discuss some surgical details including approach/incision and resection concepts according to subsites of head and neck cancer.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

    Ku-Hao Fang, Shiang-Fu Huang & Kai-Ping Chang

  2. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    Ku-Hao Fang, Shiang-Fu Huang & Kai-Ping Chang

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Kai-Ping Chang

  3. Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Huang-Kai Kao

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Fang, KH., Huang, SF., Chang, KP. (2019). Basic Principle of Resection for Head and Neck Cancer. In: Cheng, MH., Chang, KP., Kao, HK. (eds) Resection and Reconstruction of Head & Neck Cancers. Head and Neck Cancer Clinics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2444-4_2

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