%0 Journal Article
%T Improved Head and Neck Free Flap Outcome¡ªEffects of a Treatment Protocol Adjustment from Pre- to Postoperative Radiotherapy
%A Ann-Charlott Docherty Skogh
%A Bjorn O. Eriksson
%A Caroline Gahm
%A Lalle Hammarstedt
%A Martin Halle
%A Pehr Sommar
%J Archive of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open".
%D 2017
%R 10.1097/GOX.0000000000001253
%X The impact of preoperative radiotherapy on microvascular reconstructive surgery outcome has been a subject of debate. However, data are conflicting and often dependent on local treatment protocols. We have studied the effects of radiotherapy in a unique, single-center setting where a treatment protocol change was undertaken from pre- to postoperative radiotherapy administration for microsurgical head and neck reconstructions
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404438/