Abstract:Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) following radiation therapy is a much-feared complication of the treatment of head and neck cancer. Free flap reconstruction in the ORN patient has specific challenges for the surgeon. From 2014 to 2020 the Head and Neck Microvascular unit of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division at Jackson Health/University of Miami treated 149 ORN patients with free flap reconstruction.The fibula free flap (n=65) and anterior lateral thigh free flap (6n=1) were the workhorse flaps in our series… Show more
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