Abstract
Postsurgical dysphagia were investigated in 43 patients who had underwent an extensive oral cancer surgery. Patients who had had hemiglossectomy without reconstruction ate normal food. Among patients who had had hemiglossectomy with tongue base resection, two-third ate gruel and one-third ate normal food. Patients who had underwent two-to three-quater glossectomy or that with tongue base resection ate gruel. Patients who had had near-total or total glossectomy ate gruel or liquid. The degree of dysphagia became worse in patients who had underwent near-total or total glossectomy with tongue base resection.
