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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Tongue Reconstruction with Buccinator Myomucosal Island Flaps: Technical Considerations, Oncologic Safety, Functional Outcomes and QoL Assessment-A Retrospective Observational Study.

Olindo Massarelli, Luigi Angelo Vaira, Salvatore Crimi, Giovanni Salzano, Linda Latini, Alberto Bianchi, Paolo Gennaro, Giacomo De Riu

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Systematic review of minimally-invasive reconstructive options for oral cavity defects.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2024
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  3. Conventional vs. tunnelized facial artery myomucosal flaps in oral cavity reconstruction: a comparative analysis of outcomes and quality of life.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  6. Tunnelized Facial Artery Myomucosal Island Flap: A Modification of the FAMM Flap that Enhance its Reconstructive Versatility.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Olindo MassarelliMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Mental Health and Sense Organs, Santa Maria Le Scotte, University Hospital of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Luigi Angelo VairaMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7789-145X
Salvatore CrimiMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, University Hospital "Policlinico San Marco" of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2374-9853
Giovanni SalzanoMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, University Hospital of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3947-8733
Linda LatiniMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Mental Health and Sense Organs, Santa Maria Le Scotte, University Hospital of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2894-9309
Alberto BianchiMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, University Hospital "Policlinico San Marco" of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9374-2748
Paolo GennaroMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Mental Health and Sense Organs, Santa Maria Le Scotte, University Hospital of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Giacomo De RiuMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
Ospedale Santa Maria alle Scotte · ITPoliclinico Universitario di Catania · ITUniversity of Sassari · ITFederico II University Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of buccinator myomucosal island flaps for tongue reconstruction following malignant tumor resections. A retrospective study was performed on 52 patients who underwent tongue reconstructions with buccinator myomucosal island flaps between 2012 and 2020. We reviewed the flap type and size, harvesting time, recipient- and donor-site complications, postoperative oncologic outcomes, functional recovery and QoL assessment. All of the flaps were transposed successfully without any total flap loss. Neither in the primary site nor in the neck were cancer relapses observed. An evaluation of the sensitivity revealed that 96.1% of patients experienced a recovery of touch, two-point and pain sensations. There were significant differences between the flap and the native mucosa in terms of the tactile (

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BAMMIFbuccal artery myomucosal island flapbuccinator myomucosal flapcheek myomucosal flapfacial artery myomucosal island flapFAMMmaxillofacial surgeryt-FAMMIFtongue reconstruction

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PMID37373868
PMCPMC10300976
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