Social view of Head and Neck Surgery

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  • Furusaka Tohru
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Nihon University Laboratory of Veterinary Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics, Division of Animal Life Science, Graduate School, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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  • 社会からみた頭頸部外科
  • ―社会が頭頸部外科医に期待することとその対策―
  • —social expectations for head and neck surgeons and measures to achieve them—

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About 10,000 patients die of head and neck cancer annually, which is not as widely recognized as breast and gynecological cancer. The head and neck region is complicated anatomically, and most organs in the region have an impact on human dignity. Moreover, extensive surgery on this region is characteristically not compatible with the preservation of function, and patients are extremely worried about cosmetic aspects of the surgery and the possibility of functional loss, as well as being anxious about survival. Surgery, including reconstruction, often requires many hours. Head and neck surgeons are sometimes confined to the hospital for three days in a row: one day for surgery, the next day for postoperative management, and two days after surgery for overnight otolaryngological duty. To make head and neck surgery more widely understood and accepted, it is necessary to create an environment in which “patients attend an academic meeting to be educated, become a coordinator, and educate other patients”. It should be emphasized that “a human has the right to live and die with dignity as a human”, and to contribute to social happiness.

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