Mouth Floor Reconstruction Using Tongue

Speech and swallowing function after anterior tongue and floor of mouth resection with distal flap reconstruction.

Mouth floor reconstruction using tongue. It also improved the tongue mobility articulation and deglutition when used for the reconstruction of the anterior floor of the mouth. The most common sites of primary oral squamous cell carcinomas osccs are the tongue and the floor of the mouth 1. Journal of speech and hearing research 36 2 267 276. The surgical techniques benefits complication rate and the aesthetic and functional results are described.

21 23. Presently the functional reconstruction of the tongue in patients after subtotal or total glossectomy with the removal of the oral floor muscles and spearing of the larynx remains a complicated and unsolved issue. Approximately 40 of all oscc patients referred for treatment require resection of the tongue to varying degrees 2. The current study was undertaken to evaluate a novel approach to tongue and mouth floor reconstruction using the myofascial vastus lateralis free flap mvlf.

The main treatment is surgery which can require removal of a significant amount of tissue. In the current study speech and the wearing of dentures were not affected. Reconstruction following resection of oral structures resurfacing of oral defects fistula closure floor of mouth buccal mucosa alveolar clefts hard palate defects soft palate defects tonsillar arch defect tongue reconstruction upper and lower lip reconstruction. The mucosal surface of the floor of the mouth is easily examined clinically as superficial abnormalities can be assessed visually without the aid of imaging.

It may be involved in a wide range of pathologic processes some of which are unique to the region. The floor of the mouth is the part of the oral cavity that is located under the tongue. Tongue cancer typically occurs on one side of the tongue. A series of six patients underwent functional tongue reconstruction between.

Chepeha says doctors typically allow the remaining portion of the tongue to heal or place a skin graft over the area. The aim of this case is to describe a method reconstruction of the tongue in patients after total glossectomy with the removal of the oral floor muscles using the chimeric. Surgery remains the mainstay for oral cavity cancer treatment. The purpose of this study was to assess the postoperative functioning of oral cancer patients with resections of the anterior tongue and floor of mouth reconstructed with distal flap closure.