Tongue pressure in patients with tongue cancer resection and reconstruction.

Objective: Assessment of tongue function following tongue reconstruction is important to evaluate patient status. To assess tongue function in patients who had undergone tongue reconstruction, the surgical team used a simple, hand-held tongue pressure measurement device to measure tongue power.

Methods: Tongue power of 30 patients (25 males, 5 females; average age: 53.

A new nasal cavity and maxilla reconstruction method using jejunum flap with non-vascularised bone.

Reconstruction of the midface is still challenging for reconstructive surgeons because of its complex structure and the need for an aesthetic result. We used a free jejunum flap for the nasal cavity and non-vascularised bone covered by the jejunal seromuscular patch for the facial bone structure. One patient who had a midface defect received reconstructive surgery using free jejunum flap with non-vascularised bone.