Hirotaka Asato

TL;DR: The authors believe that the rectus abdominis flap, jejunum and forearm flap have been a major part of the armamentarium for head and neck reconstruction because of a lower rate of flap necrosis, compared to other flaps.

TL;DR: To seek a suitable scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering, various hydrogel materials originating from animals, plants, or synthetic peptides are compared to suggest a weakness in gelling ability and storage of cells and matrices.

TL;DR: A refined technique utilizing one-stage microvascular free transfer of the latissimus dorsi muscle is reported, which compares well with the two-stage method combining free-muscle transfer with cross-face nerve graft.

TL;DR: An algorithm for oromandibular reconstruction using microvascular free flaps and performed from 1979 to 1997 has been developed and revealed that the fibula is always the best choice and the points given for each function, depending on the reconstruction material, revealed that there was no significant difference between pairs of material groups.

TL;DR: The forearm flap is suitable for elderly, high risk patients, because it is less invasive and has minimal donor site morbidity, which facilitates early recovery, and the free jejunal flap should be the first choice for total reconstruction of pharyngo-oesophageal defects.