Head and Neck Reconstruction

Management of vascular compromised flap after microsurgery

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 16th, 2003

According to recent research from Japan, "Microvascular tissue transfer has become an indispensable procedure for head and neck reconstruction.

"Although remarkable progress has been made technically, anastomosed vessel occlusion is still a serious complication. Even with technically skilled microsurgeons, anastomosed vessel occlusion occurs because the technique is not the sole prophylaxis against thrombosis in microsurgery." wrote T. Kubo and colleagues, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine.

"Therefore, to minimize the possibility of an unfavorable result in microsurgery, microsurgeons must be familiar with management options for a...

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