Determinants for further wishes for cosmetic and reconstructive interventions in 1652 patients with surgical treated carcinomas of the oral cavity

• Main Authors: Henrik Holtmann (Author), Simon Spalthoff (Author), Nils-Claudius Gellrich (Author), Jörg Handschel (Author), Julian Lommen (Author), Norbert R. Kübler (Author), Gertrud Krüskemper (Author), Majeed Rana (Author), Karoline Sander (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The impairment of the appearance is a major problem for patients with carcinomas of the oral cavity. These patients want to recover their preoperative facial appearance. Some do not realize that this is not always possible and hence develop a desire for further cosmetic and recon...