RT Book, Section
A1 Eskander, Antoine
A1 Kang, Stephen Y.
A1 Harris, Michael S.
A1 Otto, Bradley A.
A1 Adunka, Oliver
A1 Weber, Randal S.
A1 Teknos, Theodoros N.
A2 Brunicardi, F. Charles
A2 Andersen, Dana K.
A2 Billiar, Timothy R.
A2 Dunn, David L.
A2 Kao, Lillian S.
A2 Hunter, John G.
A2 Matthews, Jeffrey B.
A2 Pollock, Raphael E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1164310277
T1 Disorders of the Head and Neck
T2 Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835353
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164310277
RD 2021/03/07
AB Key  Points  One  of  the  most  common  benign  head  and  neck  disorders  includes  sinonasal  inflammatory  disease  which  can  present  as  acute  or  chronic  rhinosinusitis.  Acute  adeno-tonsillitis  is  a  major  cause  of  morbidity  in  children  and  adenotonsillectomy  can  significantly  improve  symptoms  of  both  sleep  disordered  breathing  and  of  symptoms  during  acute  infections.  Squamous  cell  carcinoma  comprises  >90%  of  all  of  the  malignant  pathology  of  the  mucosal  lining  of  the  upper  aerodigestive  tract.  The  ideal  treatment  protocol  for  these  cancers  varies  by  subsite,  stage,  patient  comorbidity,  and  center  preference/experience.  Early  stage  disease  is  treated  with  unimodality  and  late  stage  disease  is  treated  with  multiple  modalities  in  the  form  of  primary  surgery  with  adjuvant  radiotherapy  or  primary  concurrent  chemoradiotherapy.  Free  flap  reconstruction  of  head  and  neck  defects  is  integral  to  help  improve  patient-reported  quality  of  life  and  to  re-establish  form  and  function.