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Total Glossectomy With Laryngeal Preservation
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1993To evaluate the results of a planned combined therapy with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy in the management of large (T3 to T4) squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue-tongue base in properly selected patients.Twenty-one patients underwent this procedure in a 4-year period.
R, Tiwari +3 more
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Total glossectomy without laryngectomy
Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery, 1986When cancer of the tongue reaches a large size (T3, T4) it is almost impossible to treat it successfully with radiotherapy. The only therapeutic possibility in such cases is, therefore, total glossectomy. This may be effected without laryngectomy and with immediate reconstruction using musculo-cutaneous flaps.
R, Brusati, M, Collini, A, Bozzetti
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Total glossectomy: reconstruction and rehabilitation
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1989AbstractPatients with carcinoma of the tongue including the base of the tongue who underwent total glossectomy in a period of just over ten years since January 1979 have been reviewed. Total glossectomy may be indicated as salvage surgery or as a primary procedure.
R M, Tiwari +3 more
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Functional consequences of partial glossectomy
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1994The postsurgical deglutition, oral suction, and speech capabilities of 11 patients who had undergone partial glossectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the lateral aspect of the tongue were compared with that of 20 healthy control subjects. Volume swallowed per second and speech quality were significantly correlated with the area of tongue removed ...
P, Diz Dios +3 more
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Analysis of the articulation after glossectomy
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 1996Rehabilitation of the oral cancer patient should aim to achieve not only morphological restoration but also post‐operative functions. However, there are few reports describing quantitative evaluation of the latter. The authors have attempted quantitative evaluation of post‐operative articulatory function after glossectomy, and report the evaluation of ...
M, Wakumoto +5 more
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An interim prosthesis for the glossectomy patient
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1987The use of a simple patient-held prosthesis for improving speech in a patient with mandible and tongue resections has been described. As subjectively perceived and objectively verified, speech intelligibility improved in a test patient. There were no apparent risks or lengthy therapy.
K, Izdebski +3 more
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A Psychosocial Perspective on the Glossectomy Experience
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1985This analysis of the glossectomy experience based on Goffman's concepts of the preservation of self and of stigma management suggests several helpful responses for speech-language pathologists and other clinicians. Attention to psychosocial dimensions of recovery.
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The questionable value of total glossectomy
Head & Neck Surgery, 1983AbstractIn a personal series of 104 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, 14 patients were treated with total glossectomy and laryngectomy, and 2 were treated with total glossectomy alone. The high rate of local recurrence that occurred when partial glossectomy followed curative radiotherapy suggests that in selected patients total ...
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