Prior chemoradiotherapy and pathological perineural invasion predict the survival outcomes of salvage surgery in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the oncological outcomes of salvage surgery in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of all patients of SCCHN with recurrence or second primary, post-treatment, who underwent salvage surgery. The outcomes were analyzed in terms of overall survival, overall survival postsalvage surgery and disease-free survival (DFS) postsalvage surgery.

Islanded facial artery musculo-mucosal flap for partial pharyngeal defect reconstruction after total laryngectomy: Case report.

Background: Partial pharyngeal defect reconstruction after total laryngectomy with regional and free fasciocutaneous flaps has been described. However, mucosal flaps for such defects have not been reported.

Methods: An islanded facial artery musculo-mucosal (FAMM) flap was used to reconstruct a partial pharyngeal defect after total laryngectomy.

Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes of Radial Forearm Free Flap Donor Site in the Context of Head and Neck Cancer Reconstruction.

Radial forearm free flap (RAFF) is the workhorse flap for oral cavity reconstruction. In the context of oncological reconstruction with radial forearm flap, the patient-reported outcomes of donor site morbidity amongst Indian patients have not been reported previously. Cultural and racial differences prevent extrapolation of morbidity data from Western literature.

Prospective analysis of 231 elective neck dissections in oral squamous cell carcinoma with node negative neck-To decide the extent of neck dissection.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of level IIB and IV lymph node metastases in patients of oral carcinoma with N0 necks. This study will help to decide the extent and need of routine comprehensive removal of these specific lymph node groups in selective neck dissection.

Methods: Prospective analytical study of 231 patients of oral carcinoma with N0 necks undergoing neck dissections were prospectively analyzed.