Is the Maxillectomy Patient's Quality of Life Affected by Palatal Defect Reconstruction Via Scapular Free Flab or Obturator? A Randomized Clinical Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Fayoum University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- patient quality of life
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare quality of life (QoL) outcomes of scapular island flap versus maxillary obturator reconstruction after partial maxillectomy. patients indicated for maxillectomy were allocated randomly to two equal-sized groups. Control group patients underwent reconstruction with a surgical obturator, while intervention group patients underwent scapular island flap reconstruction
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •n0 lymph node
- •older than 18ys
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients who recived radiotherapy
Arms & Interventions
obturator group
patients with resected maxillary defects were managed with surgical obturator
Intervention: maxillary cancer resection (Procedure)
scapular flap group
Intervention: maxillary cancer resection (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
patient quality of life
Time Frame: 6month
patient quality of life will evaluated with byversion 4 of UW-QOL
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Shaimaa Mohsen
lecturer of oral and maxillofaciall surgery
Fayoum University