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ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2025

The Multidisciplinary Team in Head and Neck Cancer Reconstruction: A Reference Manual for the Plastic Surgeon.

Benjamin D W Belfort, Winston R Owens, Olivia G Leonovicz, Amjed Abu-Ghname, Josephine L Schmidt, Edward P Buchanan, Amy S Xue

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Review in Seminars in plastic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Benjamin D W BelfortDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Winston R OwensDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Olivia G LeonoviczDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Amjed Abu-GhnameDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Josephine L SchmidtDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Edward P BuchananDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Amy S XueDivision of Plastic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck cancers (HNCs) require a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach to address their complex functional, aesthetic, and psychological impacts. This manuscript highlights the central role of plastic surgeons in the MDT, emphasizing their collaboration with other MDT members to align aesthetic and functional surgical outcomes with oncologic and rehabilitative goals. Our intention is for this to be used as a practical guide for plastic surgeons detailing the roles of key MDT members and their contributions across the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. We will also highlight how MDTs improve survival, functional outcomes, and quality of life for HNC patients.

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free-flap repairhead and neck cancermultidisciplinary teamsreconstructivesurgery

Identifiers

PMID40406636
PMCPMC12094840

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