Oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients aged 45 and younger: Prognosis, survival, and quality of life.

Objective: To perform a detailed analysis of the epidemiology, tumor biology, treatment, overall survival, and quality of life in a young patient (age ≤45 years) cohort with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study between 1992 and 2017 at an academic tertiary care center.

Results: In total, 80 patients were included (36 female and 44 male) with stage I (American Joint Committee on Cancer eighth ed.

The deep circumflex iliac artery free flap in maxillofacial reconstruction: a comparative institutional analysis.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to perform a comparative analysis of the utility, outcomes, and complications of DCIA (deep circumflex iliac artery) flap for the reconstruction of maxillofacial defects between two institutions that continue to use the DCIA flap as a reconstructive resource.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective analysis included a total of 68 patients (mean age 51.1 years) at the University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA, between January 2010 and April 2019.