title: Mobilisation of the tongue by Tunnelierung and split skin graft insertion.
abstract: Immobility of the tongue, secondary to an illness or subsequent to surgical treatment of orofacial malignancies, reduces the ability of the patient to communicate in a socially acceptable manner. For some specific anatomical situations, a new technique is described allowing uncomplicated tongue mobilisation and restoration of its function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ruhruniversität-Bochum Knappschaftskrankenhaus In der Schornau, West Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machtens
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Bünger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000601:surgery; D012828:Silicones; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones