[Oropharyngeal resection in stage III cancer].

The oral part of the pharynx affected by cancer is subject to radiation, surgical and combined treatment. In stage IIIb the author practices resection of the oral pharynx by means of posterolateral pharyngotomy. This provides an adequate approach to the lesion area (the root of the tongue, vallecules, posterior and lateral walls of the pharynx) to perform ablastic resection of the oral pharynx with radical dissection of cervical fat.