ANZ journal of surgery
Beyond the Scar: Exploring Functional Outcomes, Donor Site Morbidity and Cosmesis for Radial Forearm Free Flap Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer.
Kimberley J Davis, Brandon Tan, Rebecca L Venchiarutti, Jenny Mitchell, Olivia Fischer, Lyndel Hewitt, Geoffrey W Melville, Masako Dunn, James Wykes, Takako Eva Yabe, Jonathan R Clark, Bruce Ashford
Published: 202510.1111/ans.70407
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Surgical reconstruction for head and neck cancer (HNC) using a radial forearm free flap (RFFF) allows surgeons to autotransplant vascularised tissue to repair soft tissue defects. This study investigated donor-site morbidity, cosmesis and…
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