Reconstructive Challenges in the Head and Neck (AMW)
2021 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
This panel will present a series of cases of difficult head and neck reconstructions. Panelists will discuss different options for approaching each case and evaluate the reconstructive plan chosen. Cases presented will include large and complex head and neck wounds as well as wounds in patients who have had multiple previous head and neck surgeries, have vessel-deplete necks, have had radiation, and have other factors making reconstruction difficult. The goal of the panel and discussion will be to demonstrate and evaluate alternative and back-up reconstructive methods when classic or initial methods fail. Many regional flaps that are overlooked in general otolaryngology education are relatively simple to learn and perform and are accessible to non-microvascular surgeons, including the nape-of-neck flap, pedicled latissimus flap, trapezius flap, and others. Surgical techniques of these lesser-known regional flaps will be presented in addition to treatment algorithms for approaching difficult patients.
Credits
CME:1.0, MOC:1.0