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Soft-tissue reconstruction of the oral cavity. Clin Plast Surg 1994 Jan;21(1):15-23

Date

01/01/1994

Pubmed ID

8112009

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028089144 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   17 Citations

Abstract

In our early experience with head and neck reconstruction, we evaluated our results mainly by the final contour of the mandible. With further experience, the bony reconstruction has become more and more accurate, and it is the intraoral soft-tissue reconstruction that poses the continued challenge. Better preoperative and postoperative evaluation will improve our operative planning, and our results will continue to improve. We must be able to compare our cases with those of other centers by appropriately categorizing deficits into specific structures removed to allow relevant comparison of results. We should no longer accept the simple view of the oral cavity deficit as a uniform soft-tissue loss that requires nothing more than closure. Nor can we continue to accept the evaluation of postoperative results of head and neck reconstruction by a simple external photograph; rather, this must be combined with a true visual and functional assessment of the oral cavity. In this way, the combined effort of head and neck surgeons will help to advance the cause of oral cavity reconstruction as rapidly as has occurred with reconstruction of the mandible.

Author List

Yousif NJ, Matloub HS, Sanger JR, Campbell B

Authors

Bruce H. Campbell MD Emeritus Professor in the Otolaryngology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Hani S. Matloub MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
James R. Sanger MD Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Humans
Mouth
Mouth Neoplasms
Surgical Flaps