
Tongue flap revisited
Author(s) -
Anuja Deshmukh,
Kannan Subbiah,
Purvi Thakkar,
Devendra A Chaukar,
Prabha Yadav,
Anil D’Cruz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.113354
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , surgery , swallowing , oral cavity , dorsum , dentistry , anatomy , pathology
To assess the usefulness of single-staged posteriorly based dorsal tongue flap in oral cavity reconstruction following ablative surgery, in terms of flap viability, functional outcome and donor site morbidity.