OBJECTIVE To report on a new concept and simple operative procedure to conform the diameter of the oral end of free jejunal grafts to that of pharyngeal defects for reconstruction of the lower pharyngeal space. DESIGN AND METHODS A preliminary study showed that the jejunum is supplied by a highly vascular network and that longitudinal paramesenteric incisions can be made without disturbing th...

Evidence of associations between single nutrients and head and neck cancer is still more limited and less consistent than that for fruit and vegetables. However, clarification of the protective mechanisms of fruit and vegetables is important to our understanding of head and neck cancer etiology. We investigated the association between vitamin C intake from natural sources and cancer of the oral...

Cancer in its all forms accounts for about 12% of deaths throughout the world (Jaleel and Nagarajappa, 2012).Oral cancer has been estimated to be less than 3% of all cancers, but it is the eighth most common cancer in men and fifteenth most common one in women (Chi, 2009). It is found in 270 000 patients annually worldwide with the incidence of 1 in 20 000; this rises to 1 in 1100 in males of 7...

This aerodynamic study investigates velum activity during the production of nasal and pharyngeal consonants, using airflow, and during the production of vowels adjacent to nasal and pharyngeal consonants, using airflow and nasalance, in Moroccan Arabic (MA). The results indicate that the velum is lowered during the production of pharyngeals and that this overlaps on adjacent vowels. However, na...

Oral and pharyngeal cancers are largely preventable and can be successfully treated when diagnosed at an early stage. Dentists in British Columbia and Nova Scotia were surveyed regarding their knowledge and opinions about oral and pharyngeal cancer. In February 1998 a pretested 41-item survey was mailed to a random sample of dentists in British Columbia and the population of dentists in Nova Sc...

Dysphagia is a late adverse event of radiotherapy with concomitant Cisplatin (CDDP-RT), and patients advanced laryngeal cancer who undergo CDDP-RT have an impaired swallowing-related quality life. induced by has two major causative factors: delayed or untimely swallowing reflexes caused xerostomia oral oropharyngeal mucosal sensory disturbance decrease in perception, elevation disorder, inadequ...

Interviews with 866 patients with cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx and 1249 controls of similar age and sex from the general population in four areas of the United States revealed increased risks associated with the regular use of mouthwash. Risks of oral cancer were elevated by 40% among male and 60% among female mouthwash users, after adjusting for tobacco and alcohol consumption. Risks ...