Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction in Puerto Rico: Developing a Two-team approach to Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery.

We present the case of a 69-year-old male patient with T4aN3M0 hypopharyngeal carcinoma treated in Puerto Rico utilizing a two-team approach for removal of the primary tumor as well as harvesting of the free-flap for reconstruction. This approach allows for decreased operative time by having two surgical teams operating at the same time. The benefits of free flap reconstruction include: larger resection margins, better functional outcomes in terms of swallowing, and decreased post-operative morbidity in irradiated patients. PMID: 32383570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: P R Health Sci J Source Type: research