Importance of perioperative nutrition and euthyroid function in achieving successful head and neck free tissue reconstruction: editorial comment

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Department of Otolaryngology, Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA Correspondence to: Thomas S. Lee. Department of Otolaryngology, Virginia Commonwealth Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA. Email: thomas.lee@vcuhealth.org. Comment on: Healy DW, Cloyd BH, Straker T, et al. Expert Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Management of Adult Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgery and Free Tissue Reconstruction From the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2021;133:274-83.