Soft Tissue Management and Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a Tongue Cancer Patient

• Main Authors: Umberto Romeo (Author), Marco Lollobrigida (Author), Gaspare Palaia (Author), Domenica Laurito (Author), Riccardo Cugnetto (Author), Alberto De Biase (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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One major challenge in treating head and neck oncologic patients is to achieve an acceptable recovery of physiologic functions compatible with the complete tumor excision. However, after tumor resection, some patients present a surgically altered anatomy incompatible with prosthetic rehabilitation,...