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Head and Neck Reconstruction: Local, Pedicled and Free Flaps; Facial Nerve Reanimation

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Flap vascularization can be random with the flap blood supply dependant on the subdermal plexus or axial with a specific named artery supplying the entire flap. Transposition (linear configuration) is the most common type of local flap and is used for a variety of small to medium sized defects throughout the face and neck

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 E. 98th St., 1188, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Joelle Glick M.D. & Joshua D. Rosenberg M.D.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Fred Lin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Zara Patel

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Glick, J., Rosenberg, J.D. (2014). Head and Neck Reconstruction: Local, Pedicled and Free Flaps; Facial Nerve Reanimation. In: Lin, F., Patel, Z. (eds) ENT Board Prep. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8354-0_32

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