The replantation of an amputated tongue by supermicrosurgery.
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.
Kim
Jun Sik
JS
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
Choi
Tae Hyun
TH
Kim
Nam Gyun
NG
Lee
Kyung Suk
KS
Han
Ki Hwan
KH
Son
Dae Gu
DG
Kim
Jun Hyung
JH
Lee
Sang-Il
SI
Kang
Dawon
D
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