[Surgical treatment of orostoma after oral cavity irradiation (author's transl)].

Surgery treatment of orostoma raises the problem of when operation is indicated and more particularly at what period it should be performed. The imperatives defined have to be respected, and a distant flap, such as a deltopectoral flap, has to used immediately in order to hope for the best results, though the possibility of a recurrence has to be kept in mind.