Averting the failing flap a review of the historical and technical advances

Introduction: Free flap reconstruction is the gold standard surgical option for reconstruction of head and neck surgical defects. The free vascularised tissue graft was performed by Seidenberg in 1959 to repair oesophageal defects. The first mandibular reconstruction was done in 1989 using fibula by Hidalgo.

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