Marginal mandibulectomy in the surgical treatment of tonsil and retromolar trigone tumours

Resection of the ascending ramus of the mandible can result in considerable functional and esthetic damage. AIM: To compare the survival rate and local and regional recurrence in marginal and segmental mandibulectomy for advanced tonsil and retromolar trigone tumours with no mandibular invasion. PLACE AND PERIOD: Reference Head & Neck Service, between October 1994 and December 2001. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 20 stage IV patients undergoing marginal mandibulectomy and 22 undergoing segmental mandibulectomy were compared. CASE STUDY: a contemporary cross-sectional cohort study. RESULTS: Of 20 patients undergoing marginal mandibulectomy, 35% died of the disease, 15% due to local recurrence, 15% due to regional recurrence and 5% due to local and regional recurrence. Of 22 patients undergoing segmentary mandibulectomy, 36,4% died of the disease, 31,8% due to local recurrence and 13,6% due to distant recurrence. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a 55% survival rate for the marginal mandibulectomy group, and a 45% survival rate for the segmental group (p= 0.8329). CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of the two groups showed that conservation of the ascending ramus of the mandible, even in advanced lesions with no mandibular involvement, does not increase the recurrence rate.A ressecção do ramo ascendente da mandíbula ocasiona um déficit funcional e estético considerável. OBJETIVO: Comparar a mandibulectomia marginal e segmentar de tumores avançados de loja amigdalina e região retromolar sem envolvimento ósseo mandibular detectado no período pré-operatório, em relação à sobrevida e recidiva loco-regional. Forma de Estudo: Estudo de coorte contemporânea com corte transversal. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Compararam-se 20 pacientes tratados com mandibulectomia marginal e 22 tratados com mandibulectomia segmentar de outubro de 1994 a dezembro de 2001 em serviço de referência em Cirurgia de Cabeça e Pescoço. RESULTADOS: Dos 20 pacientes tratados com mandibulectomia marginal, 35% morreram com doença, 15% por recidiva local, 15% por recidiva regional e 5% por recidiva loco-regional. Dos 22 pacientes tratados com mandibulectomia segmentar 45,4% morreram pela doença, sendo 31,8% por recidiva local e 13,6% por recidiva à distância. Na análise pelo método de Kaplan-Meier o grupo tratado com mandibulectomia marginal apresentou uma taxa de 55%, e o grupo tratado com ressecção segmentar 45% com p= 0,8329. CONCLUSÕES: A análise dos dois grupos evidenciou que a conservação do ramo ascendente da mandíbula, mesmo em lesões avançadas, sem envolvimento mandibular, não aumenta o índice de recidiva.USP Departamento de Cirurgia PlásticaPUCCAMP Serviço de Cirurgia de Cabeça e PescoçoUNIFESPUSPUNICAMPHeliópolisUNICAMP Departamento de GenéticaUNIFESPSciEL

Erratum to: The study of cardiovascular risk in adolescents – ERICA: rationale, design and sample characteristics of a national survey examining cardiovascular risk factor profile in Brazilian adolescents

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Comparative analysis between marginal and segmental mandibular resection in the treatment of tonsil and retromolar trigone advanced epidermoid carcinoma

INTRODUÇÃO: A ressecção do ramo ascendente da mandíbula foi, durante várias décadas, considerada o tratamento de eleição para os tumores da loja amigdalina e região retromolar, independente do grau de acometimento do osso mandibular, ocasionando um déficit funcional e estético considerável, muitas vezes, com prejuízos irreparáveis à qualidade de vida, às vezes desnecessário. Assim, a ressecção marginal do osso mandibular surgiu como uma alternativa de tratamento viável, uma vez que a manutenção de um segmento do ramo mandibular, em lesões sem comprometimento ósseo, não aumenta os índices de recidiva, tampouco compromete os princípios de radicalidade oncológica. OBJETIVO E MÉTODOS: Por meio de estudo retrospectivo de Outubro de 1994 a Dezembro de 2001, foram comparados 42 pacientes portadores de tumores avançados de região retromolar e loja amigdalina, sendo 20 deles submetidos a ressecção marginal do osso mandibular e 22 submetidos a ressecção do ramo ascendente da mandíbula, em relação a complicações, seqüela de procedimentos, recidiva locorregional e sobrevida. RESULTADOS: Dos 20 pacientes tratados com mandibulectomia marginal, avaliados por um período de 9 a 60 meses, sete (35%) pacientes morreram com doença, com sobrevida mínima de 09 meses, 3 por recidiva local, 3 por recidiva regional e 1 por recidiva locorregional. Um paciente morreu no pós-operatório imediato. Na avaliação da peça cirúrgica encontramos todas as margens livres, considerada exígua em profundidade em dois pacientes, um deles falecido por recidiva local. Houve disseminação linfonodal em 15 pacientes sendo com ruptura extracapsular em 4, encontrada em 2 pacientes com recidiva regional. O controle locorregional foi obtido em 63% dos pacientes. Dos 22 pacientes tratados com ressecção segmentar do osso mandibular, com intervalo de seguimento de 14 a 60 meses, 8 (36,4%) morreram pela doença, com sobrevida mínima de 9 meses, 5 por recidiva local e 3 por recidiva à distância. Um paciente morreu no pós-operatório imediato. As margens foram livres em 20 pacientes e, em 3 exíguas, um deles falecido por recidiva local. Houve disseminação linfonodal em 12 pacientes com ruptura extracapsular em 7 pacientes. O controle locorregional foi obtido em 61% dos pacientes. Na curva de análise de sobrevida, pelo método de Kaplan-Meier, o grupo tratado com mandibulectomia marginal apresentou uma taxa de 42%, com intervalo de 31 a 52 meses, erro padrão de 5 meses e intervalo de confiança de 95% e o grupo tratado com ressecção segmentar 38% com intervalo de 27 a 48 meses, erro padrão de 5 meses, um intervalo de confiança de 95%. A comparação pelo teste de Log Rank, não paramétrico apresentou p<0,8329 e pelo teste t-Student p< 0,621 ambos não significantes. As principais complicações foram a infecção local em 5 (11,9%) pacientes e a fístula orocutânea em 4 (9,5%). Houve uma fratura da placa de titânio, dois pacientes evoluíram com osteorradionecrose e nove com disfunção da articulação têmporo-mandibular. CONCLUSÕES: Não houve diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os grupos de ressecção marginal e segmentar nos critérios analisados. Portanto, a conservação do ramo ascendente da mandíbula, em lesões que não apresentem envolvimento mandibular, mesmo avançadas, não aumenta o índice de recidiva.INTRODUCTION: For several decades, resection of the ascending ramus of the mandible was considered to be mandatory for the treatment of tonsil and retromolar trigone tumours, independent from the damage degree of the mandibular bone, causing considerable functional and aesthetic deficit, many times with irreparable quality of life loss, sometimes unnecessary. Thus, marginal resection of the mandibular bone appeared as a feasible alternative treatment, since maintaining a segment of the mandibular ramus in lesions without bone involvement did not increase the recurrence indexes or compromise the principles of oncological radicalness. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: Through a retrospective study from October 1994 to December 2001, 42 patients with advanced retromolar and tonsil tumors were compared, 20 undergoing marginal resection of the mandibular bone and 22 undergoing segmental resection of the ascending ramus of the mandible, with regard complications, injury originated from the procedure, locoregional recurrence and survival. RESULTS: From the 20 patients undergoing to marginal mandibulectomy, assessed for a period of 09 to 60 months, seven (35%) patients died of the disease, with a minimal survival of 9 months: 3 due to local recurrence, 3 due to regional recurrence and 1 due to local and regional recurrence. One patient died in the immediate postoperative period. When assessing the surgical part, all the margins were found to be free and in two patients, were considered to be of little depth, one of them being found in one of the patients that died from local recurrence. There was lymph nodal dissemination in 15 patients, with capsular rupture in 4, of which two presented regional recurrence. The locoregional control was obtained in 63% of the patients. From the 22 patients undergoing to segmental resection of the mandibular bone, with a follow-up varying from 14 to 60 months, 8 (36.4%) died of the disease, with a minimum survival of 9 months, 5 due to local recurrence and 3 due to distant recurrence. One patient died in the immediate postoperative period. The surgical margins were considered free from disease in 20 patients and, in three they were too small, one patient died of local recurrence. There was lymph nodal dissemination in 12 patients, and 7 presented capsular rupture. The locoregional control was obtained in 61% of the patients. In the survival analysis curve, by the Kaplan-Meier method, the group submitted to marginal mandibulectomy presented with a rate of 42%, with an interval of 31 to 52 months, standard error of 5 months and confidence interval of 95%, and the group submitted to segmentary resection, 38% with an interval of 27 to 48 months, a standard error of 5 months, and a confidence interval of 95%. The comparison using the non-parametric Log-Rank test presented p<0.8326 and the t-Student test p< 0.621, both not statistically significant. The main complications were local infection in 5 (11.9%) patients and oro-cutaneous fistula in 4 (9.5%). There was one titanium plate fracture, two patients developed osteoradionecrosis and nine temporo-mandibular dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: There weren t statistically significant differences between the marginal and the segmental resection groups in relation to the analyzed criteria. So, the preservation of the ascending ramus of the mandible, in lesions which do not present mandible commitment, even if not advanced, doesn t increase the recurrence rate

Single transverse extended incision for radical neck dissection

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the efficacy of the single transverse extended cervical incision in radical neck dissection. Method: we conducted a prospective study, from January 2008 to January 2009, with 18 patients undergoing surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the upper aero-digestive tract. The primary lesion was located in the oral cavity in eight cases, in the oropharynx in three, in the hypopharynx in three, in the larynx in two, in the maxillary sinus, and in one case, the primary injury was hidden. There were 29 neck dissections, eight bilateral and 10 unilateral (26 radical and three selective). Staging revealed nine patients with T4 tumor, one T3, six T2, one T1 and one Tx. Five patients were N0, nine N2b, one N2c and three N3. The average number of dissected lymph nodes was 34.25. We performed the neck dissection through a single incision located in the middle neck, coincident with the skinfold, with a length of about 2 to 3 cm behind the anterior edge of the trapezius muscle and 3 to 4 cm from the midline for the unilateral neck dissections. Results: as complications, there were myocutaneous flap necrosis in one patient with prior radiation therapy, one lymphatic fistula, one dehiscence of the tracheostomy, one cervical abscess, one salivary fistula and one suture dehiscence. Conclusions: the single extended incision provides adequate exposure of the neck structures, without compromising surgical time, even in bilateral dissections. It does not compromise the resection of all cervical lymph nodes; it has excellent aesthetic and functional results and is easily associated with other approaches to resection of the primary tumor