Adenocarcinoma of the tongue complicated by a hemimandibulectomy: Soft tissue support for a tongue prosthesis in an edentulous glossectomy patient

Speech and Swallowing Data in Individual Patients Who Underwent Glossectomy after Prosthetic Rehabilitation

“…The main types of evaluation were perceptual [4, 5, 16, 18, 20–22, 24, 25, 28–31, 36, 38, 41, 43–46], acoustic [4, 18, 21, 31, 35], and subjective (nonstandardized assessment of speech) [20, 23, 26, 27, 32, 37, 39]. Only 5 studies used a combination of perceptual and acoustic analyses [4, 5, 18, 22, 31].…”

“…Twenty-eight studies evaluated swallowing outcomes using objective [20, 24, 25, 27, 31, 38, 40, 44, 46], clinical [15, 21, 22, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 45], or subjective assessments [5, 16, 19, 20, 23, 33, 34, 39]. Seventy-three patients demonstrated improvement in swallowing with a prosthesis, 1 patient demonstrated worse outcomes [16], 5 patients demonstrated no changes [46], and 48 patients were not evaluated.…”

“…One study used cinefluoroscopy [20], and 6 studies [24, 25, 28, 31, 38, 45] used videofluoroscopy to evaluate swallowing. The main outcomes were improvements in the ability to handle foods with different consistencies [20, 24], an increase in the swallowing reflex speed [45], a reduction in the pharyngeal transit time [25, 38], a reduction in dry swallowing [25], pooling in the oral and pharyngeal cavities [25, 31, 38], a reduction in laryngeal elevation [31], and the absence or reduction in laryngeal aspiration [25, 27, 28, 38, 44–46].…”

“…The main outcomes were improvements in the ability to handle foods with different consistencies [20, 24], an increase in the swallowing reflex speed [45], a reduction in the pharyngeal transit time [25, 38], a reduction in dry swallowing [25], pooling in the oral and pharyngeal cavities [25, 31, 38], a reduction in laryngeal elevation [31], and the absence or reduction in laryngeal aspiration [25, 27, 28, 38, 44–46]. In 4 studies [5, 16, 19, 33], swallowing was subjectively assessed by the patients, who judged swallowing to be easier with a prosthesis and reported a greater ability to swallow semisolid foods [5, 19, 33].…”

Adenocarcinoma Not Otherwise Specified on Dorsum of Tongue: Case Report and Literature Review

“…They are often classified as either "base of tongue," "palate," or "tonsil" 4 . The lesions classified as "base of tongue" are most often located near the epiglottis and posterior pharynx 3,[19][20][21] . Pertinent details of the location, size, and histopathologic features of the tumour, as well as relevant facts about the patient, staging, and treatment given, are missing in many published case reports, precluding a comprehensive review or comparison of the cases.…”