Mandibular Reconstruction in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery

Temporal trends in head and neck cancer surgery reconstruction.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze changing trends in head and neck cancer reconstructive surgery and analyze the effect of surgeon and hospital volume. METHODS Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for 133,850 patients who underwent a major ablative procedure for a malignant oral cavity, laryngeal, hypopharyngeal, or oropharyngeal neoplasm in 1993 to 2010 were anal...

DELIRIUM PREVALENCE AND RELATED RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER SURGERY

Background & Aims: Delirium is a common problem in hospitalized patients and may threaten the patient's life. Patients undergoing surgery may experience such a common complication. The high mortality in patients with delirium and lack of a rapid recovery from the disease, reveal the importance of addressing this problem. So the purpose of this study is to show the risk factors in the major...

Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

Head and Neck Reconstruction

Figure 1. Preoperative photograph of mandibu-lar osteosarcoma. DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old female presented with an acquired mandibular defect status post radical resection of mandibular osteosarcoma. Patient subsequently underwent fibular osteocuta-neous free flap reconstruction.

Head and Neck Surgery