Lip split and mandibulotomy modifications

Mehanna, Patrick; Devine, J.C.; McMahon, Jeremy

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.06.231

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“…Planning for large resections of the oral cavity can be challenging, and several approaches exist in order to achieve these procedures with the least functional and cosmetic deficits. Two important decisions in approaching the oral cavity involve the necessity to split the lower lip with the incision, and similarly to split the mandible to approach posterior regions of the oral cavity, tongue, and extension to the pharynx (35, 36). The risk of poor healing after mandibulotomy, fistula formation, and the cosmetic result of the lip-split incision must be weighed against the reduced surgical access with a transoral approach or visor flap, and possible functional deficits in chewing or swallowing associated with the lingual-release approach (37).…”

Section: Surgical Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Management of Advanced Resectable Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Myers

2011

Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol

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The oral cavity is the most common site of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, a disease which results in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Though the primary modality of treatment for patients with oral cavity cancer remains surgical resection, many patients present with advanced disease and are thus treated using a multi-disciplinary approach. Patients with extracapsular spread of lymphatic metastasis and surgical margins that remain positive have been found to be at high risk for local-regional recurrence and death from disease, and are most often recommended to receive both post-operative radiation as well as systemic chemotherapy. The basis for this approach, as well as scientific developments that underly future trials of novels treatments for patients with high-risk oral cavity cancer are reviewed.

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Section: Surgical Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%