[Local changes in the oral cavity in patients after operation of malignant tumours of the tongue and bottom of the oral cavity].

UNLABELLED

This study is aimed an objective and subjective evaluation of local changes after operations of malignant tumours of the tongue and the bottom of the oral cavity.

THE MATERIAL AND METHODS

we have examined 74 patients (70 men and 4 women) treated in Department of Otolaryngology of the University School of Medical Sciences in Poznań with recognized of malignant tumour of the tongue and floor of the mouth. On the base of subjective and objective ultrasound and x-ray examination with use of contrast and stereognostic test it was evaluated movability, alteration of articulation zones, regularity of swallowing acts, sense of taste and efficiency of stereognosion. In all of the patients we found orders in swallowing, speech and taste dependen on the kind of the operation.