# OnCo record rejuv-recon-head-neck (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-recon-head-neck/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "rejuv-recon-head-neck" ;
  schema:name "Head and neck reconstruction: the free flap, and what it gives back"@en ;
  schema:description "Removing a tongue, a jaw or a pharynx leaves a hole that will not close, so tissue is moved from the forearm, thigh or lower leg with its own artery and vein and joined under a microscope. In a series of 843 flaps the overall failure rate was 4.0 per cent, and in an older series of 1,000 flaps 7.6 per cent failed wholly or partly. Donor site disability measured years later is small."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-recon-head-neck/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-02"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_flap> ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.295>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2012.02.012>, <https://doi.org/10.1002/oto2.70283>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2026.05.071> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "rejuvenation", "survivorship", "rehabilitation", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/oral-cavity-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/oropharyngeal-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/laryngeal-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/rejuvenation/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-recon-breast/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-recon-voice-after-laryngectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-recon-facial-prosthetics/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-rehab-swallowing/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-rehab-scar-contracture/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-rehab-assistive-devices/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/dry-mouth-teeth-after-head-neck-radiotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/tors/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-rehab-cancer-rehabilitation/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/skin-graft-and-flap-reconstruction/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/dysphagia/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/quality-of-life/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-survivorship/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/> .