舌半側切除と嚥下機能

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Authors observed swallowing in II cases, (by cinefluorography) who were hemiglossectomized in lingual cancer.Swallowing disorders in these cases were caused by the insufficient of glossopalatinal closure due to lack of the half of the tongue and the injuries of neck muscle due to radical neck dissection.But we could not find the remarkable differe- nces in the swallowing after hemiglossectomy bet- ween total hemiglossectomized cases and the cases where the root remained because the compensatory movement of the rest half of the tongue.These observations led us to believe that in surgery of lingual cancer thorough total hemiglosse- ctomy including the root of the tongue must be performed.
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