Changes in Oral Cavity Functions Assessment with the Use of the Functional Intraoral Glasgow Scale (FIGS) in Patients after Subtotal or Total Glossectomy
- 1. Independent Laboratory of Postoperative Rehabilitation in Maxillofacial Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
- 2. Institute of Pedagogy, University of Szczecin, Poland
- 3. Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
- 4. Department of Imaging Diagnostics and Interventional Radiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
- 5. Doctoring Study, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
Abstract
Oral functions such as chewing, swallowing and speech can be disturbed due to a tumor proliferation that affects the tongue, and are substantially impaired after the excision of the tumor. Self-assessment of the aforementioned functions performed by the patients individually and in cooperation with the use of the functional intraoral Glasgow scale (FIGS) revealed that the functions were compromised after the excision of the tumor of higher clinic advancement in elderly patients after the excision of the anterior part of the oral cavity. Improvement of these functions after three, six and twelve months postoperative was slower in tumors with higher clinic
advancement after excision with reconstruction.