Assessment of Quality of Life of Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Reconstruction of Tissue Defects of Total or Near-Total Glossectomy

Sanke Zhang; Shuang Wu; Lei Liu; Dandan Zhu; Qiuyu Zhu; Wenlu Li

doi:10.1155/2020/2920418

Assessment of Quality of Life of Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Reconstruction of Tissue Defects of Total or Near-Total Glossectomy

J Oncol. 2020 Oct 10:2020:2920418. doi: 10.1155/2020/2920418. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Sanke Zhang¹, Shuang Wu¹, Lei Liu¹, Dandan Zhu¹, Qiuyu Zhu¹, Wenlu Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate quality of life of free anterolateral thigh flap (ALTFF) for reconstruction of tissue defects of total or near-total glossectomy.

Methods: Quality of life was assessed by means of the University of Washington Quality of Life (UW-QOL) and the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), after 12 months postoperatively.

Results: 65 of 79 questionnaires were returned (82.27%). In the UW-QOL, the best-scoring domain was "shoulder," whereas the lowest scores were for "chewing" and "pain." In the OHIP-14, the lowest-scoring domain was "handicap," followed by "Social disability" and "Psychological disability."

Conclusion: Free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps for reconstruction of total or near-total glossectomy defects after cancer resection would have significantly influenced the patients' oral functions and quality of life.