Open AccessTongue Flap Reconstruction in Carcinoma of Oral Cavity: An Institutional Experience
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar,
Sourabh Mukharjee,
Naseem Akhtar,
Shiv Rajan,
Arun Chaturvedi,
Sanjeev Misra,
Sameer Gupta,
Puneet Prakash,
Satyabrata Das
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-018-1123-2
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , neck dissection , surgery , glossectomy , oral and maxillofacial surgery , otorhinolaryngology , carcinoma , cancer , head and neck cancer , retrospective cohort study , radiation therapy , pathology
Abundant blood supply of tongue permits various flap designs and makes it a good choice for reconstructing defects following resection of oral cancer.