Vermeeren J I
Int J Oral Surg. 1976 Jun;5(3):107-10. doi: 10.1016/s0300-9785(76)80057-9.
The literature suggests that the tongue plays an important role in the recurrence after operative correction of mandibular prognathism. To prevent such a recidivism a reduction of tongue can be considered. However, it is difficult to decide how the tongue is involved. Size, strength and function are difficult to measure, and the literature on this subject is not concerned with these properties. A number of methods are given with which an impression can be acquired about the above-mentioned properties of the tongue. Special attention is paid to the type of the ostectomy, and the arguments for this procedure are exemplified by the investigation of 75 patients in whom a surgical correction of mandibular prognathism was performed. It is concluded that tongue reduction is more readily indicated preparatory to correction of mandibular prognathism by a modified Kole procedure than before correction by means of a stepped ostectomy or an Obwegeser-Dal Pont procedure.
文献表明，舌在下颌前突手术矫正后的复发中起重要作用。为防止这种复发，可以考虑缩小舌体。然而，很难确定舌是如何起作用的。舌的大小、力量和功能难以测量，且关于该主题的文献并未涉及这些特性。文中给出了一些方法，通过这些方法可以对舌的上述特性有一个大致了解。特别关注了截骨术的类型，对75例行下颌前突手术矫正患者的研究为例说明了该手术的依据。得出的结论是，与采用阶梯式截骨术或Obwegeser-Dal Pont手术矫正相比，在采用改良Kole手术矫正下颌前突之前，更易于考虑缩小舌体。
