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Microsurgical Reconstruction of Large Defects after Tumor Surgery in the Head and Neck Region

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Microsurgical methods for reconstruction in the head and neck region after tumor therapy are mostly necessary when large defects must be closed, special requirements are necessary, or when local flaps have already been used and no further local reconstruction is possible. Different conditions call for different reconstructive techniques.

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Baumeister, R.G.H., Bohmert, H. (1989). Microsurgical Reconstruction of Large Defects after Tumor Surgery in the Head and Neck Region. In: Veronesi, U., Arnesjø, B., Burn, I., Denis, L., Mazzeo, F. (eds) Surgical Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72646-0_38

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