[The selection of cervical vessels recipients in reconstructive surgery of head and neck with free flaps]. / Elección de vasos receptores cervicales en la cirugía reconstructiva de cabeza y cuello con colgajos libres.

One of the most important parameters for success in free tissue transfer to the head and neck are a proper and careful recipient vessel dissection and meticulous vascular microanastomotic technique. The principle that govern vessel positioning in the head and neck are more complex than those used in extremity free flap transfers. In this report the vascular selection as well as technical details are discussed, based on the literature data and our own experience in 20 patients.