Facelift approach for neck dissection in squamous cell carcinoma of the lateral border of the tongue: application of this novel aesthetic technique in head and neck oncologic surgery.
The scars produced by the surgical approaches commonly used for neck dissection in patients with malignant tumors of the head and neck are generally very evident and unaesthetic, especially when performed on young patients or on patients with a tendency to form keloids. There are multiple alternative approaches and techniques that attempt to eliminate or conceal these cervical scars, but they have been used almost exclusively in benign or congenital processes. Amid these aesthetic and/or minimally invasive cervical techniques, we highlight rhytidectomy/facelift, intraoral, endoscopic, and robotic approaches, among others. We present the novel application of a facelift approach for selective neck dissection in a young patient with a lateral tongue squamous cell carcinoma, with excellent cosmetic and oncologic results.
From the *Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife; and †Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Ignacio
I
Arribas-Garcia
Andrea
A
Alcalá-Galiano
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012086:Reoperation; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*