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Gary L. Schechter, MD; Donald E. Sly, MD; Albert L. Roper, II; Robert T. Jackson, MD; Joseph Bumatay, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1980;106(11):668-671.

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.

(Arch Otolaryngol 106:668-671, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 11, 1980.

Read before the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Palm Beach, Fla, April 17, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 901 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23507 (Dr Schechter).

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