Perforator Flaps and Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Reconstruction

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common cancer across the world. Despite a general reduction in tobacco consumption and therefore reduction in risk exposure there has been an increasing incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Progress made in the past decades in free tissue transfer reconstruction and robotic surgery have merged into transoral robotic reconstruction with free perforator flaps for head and neck. We reviewed and discussed indications and contraindications for this type of procedure, as well as potential limits refinements.