Salvage Surgery with Free Flap Reconstruction: Factors Affecting Outcome After Treatment of Recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma

Abstract

Patients with recurrent T1 and T2 class are the best candidates for salvage surgery and microvascular flap reconstruction for treatment of recurrent SCC of the head and neck. Patients with T3 and T4 class recurrent cancers and patients who continue to smoke after initial diagnosis and treatment of head and neck SCC are poor candidates to undergo salvage surgery.