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ArticleCase reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery2021

Analysis of speech and swallowing and quality of life in patients undergoing subtotal glossectomy with free flap reconstruction followed by radiotherapy.

Angelos Mantelakis, Konstantinos Vachtsevanos, Harry V M Spiers, Christina Gavriilidou, Stamatis Sapountzis

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Article in Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Angelos MantelakisLewisham and Greenwich NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-943X
Konstantinos VachtsevanosDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Harry V M SpiersManchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Christina GavriilidouEfolikon Speech and Languange Therapy, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stamatis SapountzisSt Luke's Hospital, Panorama, Greece.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust · GBManchester Royal Infirmary · GBSt. Luke's Hospital · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Six patients (4 with post-operative radiotherapy, 2 without) were formally assessed by a speech and language therapist 12 months post-operatively. Patient-reported quality of life (QOL) was simultaneously measured. Patients treated with post-operative radiotherapy had lower overall speech comprehensibility scores, poorer swallowing function in puree and solid foods and lower overall QOL.

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quality of lifespeechswallowTongue cancer

Identifiers

PMID33681414
PMCPMC7901688
OpenAlexW3131963883

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