Partial Glossectomy Using a Coblation System—A Pilot Study

Autor:	Yoshimi Sasamura, Keiichi Ichimura, Hisashi Kikuchi, Hiroshi Nishino, Noriyoshi Fukushima
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Co2 laser Electrosurgery medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Partial glossectomy Cancer medicine.disease System a Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Tongue Biopsy medicine business Pathological
Zdroj:	Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 105:489-494
ISSN:	1884-4545 0032-6313
DOI:	10.5631/jibirin.105.489
Popis:	Recently, partial glossectomy is likely to be chosen for early tongue cancer. In our hospital, we have used the CO2 laser or electrosurgery for this procedure, but post-operative pain was severe and, as a result, oral intake was hampered. So as to lessen the postoperative pain, we experimented with a coblation system in partial glossectomy for early tongue cancer and got a good healing course. We would like to report on a case together with the pathological findings. A 34-year-old woman complained of glossal pain. She had a small mass at the right side of the tongue. Biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Under the clinical diagnosis of a tongue cancer (T1 N0 M0) the patient underwent a partial glossectomy using the coblation system (Evac 70®) under general anesthesia. Postoperative pain was milder than that associated with electrosurgery. The pathological examination revealed that, in descending order, tissue damage was electrosurgery>CO2 laser>coblation system. Partial glossectomy for early tongue cancer using a coblation system seems to be a useful operation for reducing post-operative pain.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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