One method for restoring the @entity3137 resulting from T(1) and especially T(2) @entity5 excision involves the creation of a @entity4294 flap from the dorsal median portion of the tongue and transferring it as a transit flap to the floor of the mouth. We are not the first to advocate this method. In this paper we present a previously unreported, slightly modified technique utilizing this tongue flap. The modification consists of a 90 degrees twisting of the flap to achieve a more appropriate adaptation to the defect. In the case of spreading @entity1697 to the central portion of the tongue, a similar paramedian one-sided tongue flap was created instead of a @entity5773 . Our present experience consists of a small series of 12 @entity1 . The procedures were successful in all @entity1 . No remarkable disturbances of speech or @entity1282 were observed in any of the @entity1 . There were two complications: one haematoma and one partial @entity39 of the tip of the tongue. In our opinion, the reconstruction of the @entity3137 using a @entity5773 has not gained the popularity it deserves.

Repair of XXXX by a central or paramedian island tongue flap.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity5773 :: ('MESH:D014060', 'Disease') :: ['central island tongue flap'] @entity4294 :: ('MESH:D007516', 'Disease') :: ['myomucosal island'] @entity1697 :: ('MESH:D009062', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma from the floor of the mouth'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrosis'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity1282 :: ('MESH:D003680', 'Disease') :: ['deglutition'] @entity3137 :: ('MESH:D009059', 'Disease') :: ['anterior floor of mouth defects']
@entity3137 :: (MESH:D009059,Disease) :: ['anterior floor of mouth defects']
