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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhang, Da-Ming
• Chen, Wei-Liang
• Chai, Qiang
• Liang, Yan-Can
• Yang, Zhao-Hui
• Li, Jin-Song

Titel

Reconstruction of tongue defects following oral cancer ablation with extended supraclavicular fasciocutaneous island flap

Ist Teil von

• Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi, 2011-01, Vol.46 (1), p.24

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To assess the reliability and usefulness of the extended supraclavicular fasciocutaneous island flap (eSIF) for reconstructing soft tissue defects followinng tongue cancer ablation. Twenty-two tongue defects in 22 patients with tongue cancer were repaired with eSIF after resection of the tongue malignant tumours. The sizes of the skin paddle ranged from (4 cm × 6 cm) to (8 cm × 14 cm) (average: 5.5 cm × 8.7 cm). The eSIF survived in twenty cases, including two cases with minimal partial necrosis. The patients were follwed up for 5 - 16 months. Eighteen patients were alive with disease free, two were alive with disease and two died of a lung and liver metastasis. The eSIF is reliable for reconstructing oral defects following the ablation of advanced oral malignant tumors.