Assesment of Lower jaw deviation pattern in oral cancer following surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C03- Malignant neoplasm of gum
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/02/062642
- Lead Sponsor
- Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Consecutive, adult oral cancer patients of all socioeconomic strata, 18-70 years age range who are planned to undergo resection of the mandible (± upper alveolus) for oral cancer and reconstruction with the soft tissue flap.
2.Have a total of 6 or more teeth in the planned non-resected side of jaw
3.Have a mouth opening of at least 1.5 cm before surgery
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with planned major composite surgeries like subtotal/total glossectomy or total maxillectomy limiting oral function.
2.Planned Jaw reconstruction with bone/reconstruction plate and
3.Planned marginal mandibulectomy cases.
4.Non-consenting patient
5.Recurrence cases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To measure the deviation pattern following mandibulectomy for oral cancer patients reconstructed with soft tissue flapTimepoint: Baseline <br/ ><br>1 week after Surgery <br/ ><br>Before radiation or1 month after surgery <br/ ><br>After radiation or 3 months after surgery <br/ ><br>6 months after surgery <br/ ><br>9 months after surgery <br/ ><br>12 months after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method