title: [Role of ligation of the external carotid artery in the treatment of malignant tumors of the tongue].
abstract: This paper presents analysis of the efficiency of ligation of the external carotid arteries in the treatment of malignant tumors of the tongue, based on the data of Department of Head and Neck Diseases of Tver Regional Clinical Oncological Center for two recent decades. A total of 87 case histories of patients in whom 26 ligations of the external carotid artery were performed, are analyzed. This operation is used if the tumor is located in the posterior third and root of the tongue and if it involves the tissues of the bottom of the oral cavity. If the tumor was located in the two anterior thirds of the tongue or a small tumor is located at the root of the tongue, this intervention was not used. It is indicated for decreasing the hemorrhage during surgery for malignant tumors of the tongue and for preventing postoperative hemorrhages, hemorrhages from degrading tumor in inoperable patients, in patients with threatened hemorrhage before radiotherapy, and during bleeding.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Prokof'ev
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lebedev
mesh_terms: D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome