Historically, major extirpative surgery for control of head and neck cancer developed well in advance of reconstructive procedures that could provide acceptable functional and cosmetic rehabilitation. Introduction of cutaneous axial and random flaps— followed more recently by the description of musculocutaneous flaps—represented major advances in reconstructive techniques.
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