Expertise in Head and Neck Cutaneous Reconstructive Surgery.
BACKGROUND: The management of skin cancers has evolved with the development of Mohs micrographic surgery and a greater emphasis on surgical training within dermatology. It is unclear whether these changes have translated into innovations and contributions to the reconstructive literature. OBJECTIVE: To assess contributions from each medical specialty to the cutaneous head and neck oncologic reconstructive literature. METHODS: The authors conducted a systematic review of the head and neck reconstructive literature from 2000 through 2015 based on a priori search terms relating to suture technique, linear closure, advancement, rotation, transposition and interpolation flaps, and identified the specialty of the senior authors. RESULTS: The authors identified 74,871 articles, of which 1,319 were relevant. Under suture technique articles, the senior authors were primarily dermatologists (58.2%) and plastic surgeons (20.3%). Under linear closure, the authors were dermatologists (48.1%), plastic surgeons (22.2%), and otolaryngologists (20.4%). Under advancement and rotation flaps, the senior authors were plastic surgeons (40.5%, 38.9%), dermatologists (38.1%, 34.2%), and otolaryngologists (14.4%, 21.6%). Under transposition and interpolation flaps, the senior authors were plastic surgeons (47.3%, 39.4%), dermatologists (32.3%, 27.0%), and otolaryngologists (15.3%, 23.4%). CONCLUSION: The primary specialties contributing to the cutaneous head and neck reconstructive literature are plastic surgery, dermatology, and otolaryngology.
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- Wound Closure Techniques
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- Suture Techniques
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- Surgery, Plastic
- Skin Neoplasms
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Otolaryngology
- Mohs Surgery
- Humans
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Wound Closure Techniques
- United States
- Suture Techniques
- Surgical Flaps
- Surgery, Plastic
- Skin Neoplasms
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Otolaryngology
- Mohs Surgery
- Humans