Summary
The tongue has important roles in deglutition, speech, airway protection, taste, and
sexual function, and its amputation is very serious. Using supermicrosurgical techniques,
we replanted successfully a patient's tongue, the distal part of which had been amputated
by the bite of another person, through the anastomosis of a blood vessel that was
only 0.7–0.8 mm. The result was that the state of the replanted tongue was relatively good both
functionally and aesthetically, and the patient was very satisfied.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 09, 2007
Accepted:
January 17,
2007
Received:
May 8,
2006
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Copyright
© 2007 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
