Cross-sectional analysis of Quality-of-Life of patients undergoing reconstructive surgery for tongue cancer

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  • Yoshimoto Seiichi
    Department of Head and Neck Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Head and Neck, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
  • Kimata Yasuhiro
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Okayama University
  • Kurita Tomoyuki
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Hashikawa Kazunobu
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Ishida Katsudai
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine
  • Sakuraba Minoru
    Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East
  • Sakurai Hiroyuki
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University
  • Tanaka Katsumi
    Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Sciences
  • Yano Tomoyuki
    Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Hyodo Ikuo
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center

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  • 舌癌再建手術後の患者における横断的ＱＯＬ調査

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Organs with important functions for daily life are concentrated in the head and neck area, and maintaining post-treatment Quality-of-Life (QOL) is also important when treating cancers of the head and neck, in addition to improving survival rate. Free flap reconstruction techniques are expected to contribute to maintaining post-treatment QOL, but these techniques have not been adequately evaluated in Japan. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of QOL, using the Japanese version of the UWQOL (version 4) from the University of Washington in the United States, with 202 patients from 10 institutions who had undergone reconstructive surgery for tongue cancer. In addition to the survey form, we collected clinical information (age, sex, time since surgery, flap donor site, whether radiotherapy was administered, and other factors), and analyzed whether differences in postoperative QOL were seen depending on each of these factors and the hospital at which the surgery was performed. Although a relationship was found between QOL following reconstructive surgery for tongue cancer and the extent of resection, age and whether radiotherapy was administered, fairly good QOL was maintained overall.

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  • Toukeibu Gan

    Toukeibu Gan 35 (4), 374-379, 2009

    Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer

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