Enomoto A, Kinoshita Y, Matsunaga K, Sukedai M, Shimoide T, Ehara H, Hamada S. Lateral Approach With a Mouth Corner Incision for the Molar Part of Mandibulectomy.
J Craniofac Surg 2021;
32:e141-e144. [PMID:
33705053 DOI:
10.1097/scs.0000000000006876]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the functional and esthetic results of marginal mandibulectomy for mandibular cancer using a lateral approach with a simple, straightforward mouth corner incision.
STUDY DESIGN
Six mandibular cancer patients (2 men, 4 women; age range: 65-80 years; mean age, 73.1 years; all stage I) were treated using this approach. With this approach, the surgical field was widely exposed, and mandibulectomy was performed with sufficient surgical margins. Intraoperative frozen specimens of remaining tissues showed no malignancy in all cases. In all 6 patients, follow-up imaging assessments were obtained, with no local recurrence after 12 to 78 months.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
An overall functional, physical, and esthetic assessment of oral behavior and oral appearance was made of all patients by the FACT-H&N questionnaire, which showed that functional lip behavior and esthetic lip appearance were not much affected by the present surgical approach, and good quality of life was maintained. Thus, the lateral approach with the mouth corner incision is an effective and useful alternative for the molar part of mandibulectomy.
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