Purpose Despite microvascular free tissue transfer being the mainstay of care in the
reconstruction of larger maxillofacial defects, a significant number of patients experience …

Background The healing of free vascular grafts in a pre‐irradiated graft bed is characterized
by an increased risk of wound healing disorders. For that reason, the aim of this study was to …

Microvascular free flaps are frequently used for head and neck reconstruction after prior
neck dissection (ND) and neck irradiation (RTX). The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Background: Flap perfusion is a prerequisite for microvascular free flap survival and a
parameter routinely used for flap monitoring. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Reconstruction with a free flap is routine in head and neck surgery. However, reliable
assessment of perfusion can be difficult, so we prospectively evaluated it in 4 types of …

Microvascular free tissue transfer has become an integral part of head and neck
reconstruction. The role for it has widened in this era of organ preservation and surgical …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether chemotherapy delivered concurrently
with external beam radiation therapy for loco-regionally advanced head and neck cancer …

Abstract Objective/Hypothesis: The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to investigate
the effect of prior radiotherapy (XRT) on the outcome of microvascular free tissue transfer in …

Purpose Microvascular free tissue transfer allows major ablative defects following oncologic
surgical and traumatic reasons to be reliably reconstructed in the head and neck region. A …

Background To evaluate the relationship between intraoperative ischemia time with acute
microvascular free tissue transfer (MFTT) complications in head and neck reconstruction …