title: The replantation of an amputated tongue by supermicrosurgery.
abstract: The tongue has important roles in deglutition, speech, airway protection, taste, and sexual function, and its amputation is very serious. Using supermicrosurgical techniques, we replanted successfully a patient's tongue, the distal part of which had been amputated by the bite of another person, through the anastomosis of a blood vessel that was only 0.7-0.8mm. The result was that the state of the replanted tongue was relatively good both functionally and aesthetically, and the patient was very satisfied.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jun Sik
authors: JS
authors: Kim
authors: Tae Hyun
authors: TH
authors: Choi
authors: Nam Gyun
authors: NG
authors: Kim
authors: Kyung Suk
authors: KS
authors: Lee
authors: Ki Hwan
authors: KH
authors: Han
authors: Dae Gu
authors: DG
authors: Son
authors: Jun Hyung
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Sang-Il
authors: SI
authors: Lee
authors: Dawon
authors: D
authors: Kang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001734:Bites, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D014059:Tongue / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery