Purpose Treatment for head and neck cancer can impair speech and swallowing, and can disfigure the face. Reconstructive surgery can restore some facial function and ameliorate disfigurement, thereby helping patients to psychosocially adjust. However, current surgical reconstruction techniques may not fully restore a patient's pre-cancerous appearance. Therefore, it is important to understand th...

Peter D. Witt, MD; Daniel T. Cohen, BA; Susan B. Mallory, MD; from the Departments of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive (Drs Witt and Mr Cohen), Internal Medicine (Dermatology) (Dr Mallory), and Pediatrics (Dr Mallory), Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis Children’s Hospital, and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children (Dr Witt), St ...

Emre Güvercin1, Gökhan Temiz1, Çağrı Çakmakoğlu1, Nebil Yeşiloğlu1, Gökhan Faydacı2, Gaye Taylan Filinte1, Mehmet Bozkurt1, Tayfun Aköz3 1Clinic of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Clinic of Urology, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Plastic, Reconstructi...

Jun Sik Kim, Young Ji Park, Nam Gyun Kim, Yoon Jung Lee, Bong Hoi Choi, Kyung Suk Lee Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Ima...

a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland b Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland c Institute of Surgical Pathology, Department Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland d Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland e Biostatisti...