Tongue strength as a predictor of functional outcomes and quality of life after tongue cancer surgery

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 386-397

  Lazarus, Cathy L ^a,b   Husaini, Hasan ^a   Anand, Sumeet M ^a,b   Jacobson, Adam S ^a,b   Mojica, Jackie K ^a   Buchbinder, Daniel ^a,b   Urken, Mark L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Outcome; Quality of life; Tongue strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RANGE OF MOTION; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SPEECH; STRENGTH; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CANCER; TONGUE STRENGTH;

EID: 84878930858     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941312200608     Document Type: Article

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