title: [Value of preserving mandibular continuity in transmandibular bucco-pharyngectomy. Apropos of 11 cases].
abstract: 84 transmandibular bucco-pharyngectomies were carried out over 6 years between 1983 and 1988. Eleven, i.e. 13%, were performed with preservation of mandibular continuity. Histological examination of resected bone fragments did not demonstrate any bony invasion in 65 cases; in contrast, in 8 cases, extension of the tumour to involve bone was likely due to the topography of the tumour and the results of pre-operative X-ray examination.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beauvillain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Banus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Legent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010000:Osteitis / Q000209:etiology; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010611:Pharyngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la conservation de la continuité mandibulaire dans les bucco-pharyngectomies transmandibulaires. A propos de 11 observations.