Novel classification system for oncological mandibular defect: CAT classification

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  • Hashikawa Kazunobu
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Yokoo Satoshi
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Tahara Shinya
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • がん切除後下顎骨区域欠損の新しい分類法「ＣＡＴ分類」―第１報　　その概念と分類の実際―
  • ―第1報　その概念と分類の実際―

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We propose a new classification system for segmental mandibular defects after oncological ablative surgery. The system describes a mandibular defect with three letters - C, A and T -. “C” reflects loss of the condylar head of mandible, “A” the mandibular angle and “T” the mental tubercle. The defect is classified as “A” when the mandibular angle is segmentally resected, as “CA” when the condylar head and the mandibular angle are resected, as “CAT” when the entire hemi-mandible is resected, as “ATT” when the angle and the bilateral mental tubercle are resected, as “body” when only the mandibular body is resected and the angle and the mental tubercle are preserved, and as “neck” when only the mandibular ramus is resected and the condylar head and the angle are preserved. This CAT classification system is simple, clear-cut, and a new alternative for oncological mandibular defects.

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  • Toukeibu Gan

    Toukeibu Gan 34 (3), 412-418, 2008

    Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer

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  • CRID
    1390282680198171904
  • NII Article ID
    130004510040
  • DOI
    10.5981/jjhnc.34.412
  • ISSN
    18818382
    13495747
    http://id.crossref.org/issn/13495747
  • Text Lang
    ja
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