The anterolateral thigh flap for soft tissue reconstruction in patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma
| Autor: | Xin-Cheng Guo, Zhan-Gui Tang, Xiang-Juan Tong, Zhen-Feng Shan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Tongue squamous cell carcinoma Thigh Free Tissue Flaps Anterolateral thigh flap 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Tongue Soft tissue reconstruction medicine Humans In patient Tongue Neoplasm Aged business.industry Research Oral cancer Graft Survival Cancer 030206 dentistry Middle Aged Plastic Surgery Procedures Anterolateral thigh medicine.disease Tongue Neoplasms Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Carcinoma Squamous Cell Female Reconstruction business |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| ISSN: | 1477-7819 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12957-016-0972-8 |
| Popis: | Background Surgery remains the first choice of treatment for tongue cancer. Immediate reconstruction should be performed after wide resection of tumour. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anterolateral thigh flap for reconstruction of lingual defects. Methods We report 39 consecutive oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma patients who underwent lingual reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh flap between 2009 and 2010. Results The width of the skin island was 4 to 5 cm and the length of the skin island was 6 to 8 cm in 31 patients with T2 tumour, while the width of the skin island was 5.5 to 6 cm and the length of the skin island was 9 to 12 cm in 8 patients with T3/4 tumours. The all flap survival rate was 97.5 % in our series. Conclusions We could obtain sufficient flap volume using the anterolateral thigh flap for tongue reconstruction. The single perforator-based anterolateral thigh flap is a good option for soft tissue reconstruction in patients with oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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