Anesthesia for head and neck surgery has traditionally not been considered one of the more specialized areas within the field; however, many advances in both surgical techniques as well as airway management and newer drugs have led to advances in care for these patients over the past decade. In particular, minimally invasive surgery has allowed for excision for more invasive tumors with less distortion of the anatomy. New airway devices and techniques have also led to changes in anesthetic management/Finally, short-acting agents have led to the development of techniques which in many cases are safer and allow spontaneous ventilation or easier control of the airway. For these reasons, it became clear that an issue of Anesthesiology Clinics devoted to this topic was warranted.
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