title: Set-back tongue flap for carcinoma of the tongue base.
abstract: Carcinoma of the base of the tongue has been treated with various combinations of radiotherapy and surgery. Resection of this area poses a major problem in reconstruction because of the need for establishing normal physiologic characteristics. This article emphasizes the benefits of a lateral pharyngotomy and mandibulotomy for resection of large portions of the tongue base. We describe a tongue flap with a neurovascular pedicle that is set back into the tongue-base deficit. This one-stage procedure is relatively easy to perform and provides good physiologic results.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*