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Lateral laryngeal suspension: A new procedure to minimize swallowing disorders following tongue base resection
Author(s) -
Hillel Allen D.,
Goode Richard L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198301000-00005
Subject(s) - swallowing , medicine , tongue , larynx , resection , surgery , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , airway , suspension (topology) , dentistry , pathology , botany , biology , genus , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics
Fourteen patients who underwent composite resections for oropharynx and tongue base cancers had lateral laryngeal suspensions in order to improve postoperative swallowing ability, minimize the surgical defect, and decrease shifting of the mandible after composite resection. Eleven of these patients had significant base of tongue resections (30–90%) and 3 had oropharyngeal resections. Thirteen (93%) were able to eat by mouth, 14 patients (100%) had a normal airway, and 14 (100%) had intelligible speech.