[Surgical treatment of locally advanced cancer of the tongue by total glosso-pharyngo-laryngectomy].
Seven patients with advanced carcinoma of the tongue (T4) were treated with total glossectomy and laryngectomy, neck dissection (radical-functional or radical-traditional) and reconstruction with the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap. The AA. comment the surgical technique, the pros and the cons of the indications, the justification, the objectives and the consequences.
Muñoz Herrera
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Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Salamanca.
Pardal Refoyo
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Gómez González
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Sánchez del Hoyo
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Martín Galán
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D005927:Glossectomy; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D010611:Pharyngectomy; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
Tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer de lengua, localmente avanzado, mediante glosofaringolaringectomía total.