Journal Reviews

Microsurgical trainees to avoid strenuous exercises?

1 May 2017 | | Education, Microsurgery

It is commonly believed among microsurgeons that over-exertion can impair microsurgical performance. The authors aimed to investigate if they could prove this theory and compared the performance of medical students, postgraduate trainees and expert controls who were microsurgery tutors. A...

CAD/CAM assisted mandibular reconstruction or freestyle?

1 September 2016 | | Computer-aided design, Computer-aided manufacturing, Mandible, Microsurgery, Morphological results, Reconstructive algorithm

The gold standard for the reconstruction of the mandible is a free bone flap and the fibula is commonly used. The fibula is a straight bone and presents considerations and difficulties in the formation of a U-shaped neo-mandible. Computer aided...

An overview of microsurgical reconstruction of the head and neck worldwide

1 January 2016 | | Free tissue flaps, Head and neck oncology, Microsurgery, OSCC, Perioperative management, Questionnaire

Microsurgical reconstruction is an integral part of the treatment following ablation for malignancy or trauma. Currently there are no clear treatment guidelines following tumour resection. This was recognised a few years ago and in 2008 various collaborative groups were founded...

Harvesting the flexor hallucis longus: what is the increased morbidity?

1 November 2014 | | ENT, Maxillofacial Surgery, Skull Base Surgery | Donor site morbidity, Flexor hallucis longus, Free fibula flap, Hallux function, Microsurgery

The free fibula flap is now widely used in clinical applications for microvascular reconstruction and occasionally, to add bulk, the flexor hallucis longus (FHL) muscle is harvested along with the fibula. The post-operative morbidity is usually described as mild and...