• Chun-Chi Huang, Tsung-Lin Yang, Wen-Hsuan Tseng, Tzu Chiang Lee, and Jenq-Yuh Ko.
• Department of Otolaryngology, Lotung Pohai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan.
• J Formos Med Assoc. 2022 Dec 1; 121 (12): 262626322626-2632.

Background/PurposeLocally advanced tongue or tongue base cancer is recommended to be treated by radical resection that is usually detrimental to physiological functions. This study reports the efficacy and treatment outcome of the patients who had received total glossectomy and laryngeal suspension without lip-split mandibulotomy and free flap reconstruction to preserve laryngopharyngeal function.MethodsFrom 2010 to 2018, 37 consecutive patients who had received the surgery were retrospectively recruited.ResultsThe overall five-year survival is 72%. The postoperative dependent rate of feeding tube and tracheostomy largely decreases within 1-year follow-up. Treated by this surgical method, these patients are free from facial disfiguration, donor site morbidity, and destructive mastication and occlusion. It is also feasible to perform this surgical technique in the recurrent cases previously treated by chemoradiation.ConclusionTotal glossectomy with laryngeal suspension can be successfully applied to locally advanced tongue or tongue base cancer, and benefits the patients with improved survival and preserved physiological function. Especially surgeons for free flap reconstruction are understaffed at some regional or district hospitals.Copyright © 2022 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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