Technological advancements in head and neck free tissue transfer reconstruction

Free tissue transfer (FTT) is a cornerstone of head and neck reconstruction. Although rare, complications FTT surgery can be devastating, including failed flap harvest, wound breakdown, or loss ultimately. Thus, modern microvascular surgeons bolster surgical clinical expertise with growing number technological advances to optimize patient care outcomes. These technologies applied in the preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative period. Various preoperative imaging modalities assist selecting optimal donor site advanced perforator planning. Intraoperatively, novel anastomoses, operative magnification visualization, assess free perfusion. Postoperatively, routine assessment augmented by variety adjunctive monitoring techniques designed health, arterial inflow venous drainage. The overall ease success performing improved employing at every phase process. This article will expand upon established upcoming existing literatures support their use.