True Functional Reconstruction of Total or Subtotal Glossectomy Defects Using a Chimeric Anterolateral Thigh Flap With Both Sensorial and Motor Innervation

ÖZKAN Ö., ÖZKAN Ö., DERİN A. T., Bektaş G., CINPOLAT A., DUYMAZ A., ...More

ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY, vol.74, no.5, pp.557-564, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 74 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/sap.0b013e3182a6add7
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.557-564
  • Keywords: glossectomy, functional tongue reconstruction, chimeric anterolateral thigh flap, FREE FOREARM FLAP, RADIAL FOREARM, TONGUE RECONSTRUCTION, EXTENSIVE RESECTION, OUTCOMES, HEMIGLOSSECTOMY, BASE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background The purpose of this study was to report the motor functional outcomes and sensory recovery of patients who had undergone total or subtotal glossectomy for oral squamous cell carcinomas reconstructed with chimeric anterolateral thigh (ALT) flaps.