Reconstruction of tongue with fascia lata graft in a case of oral carcinoma–a case report

The most common oral carcinoma is the Tongue carcinoma. The current treatment strategies are mainly surgery-based comprehensive therapies. There are many methods suitable for defects after ablative surgery or for small or mid-sized defects, including primary closure or local flaps, free flaps. The tongue plays a key role in speech and deglutition, therefore the ideal reconstructive method should provide not only satisfactory structural cosmesis, but also good restoration of function. Superficial defects of the mucosa or skin that are not possible to repair by primary closure or rearrangement of adjacent tissue are considered for reconstruction with either a split thickness or a full-thickness skin graft. But they can undergo significant contracture, limit movement of functional areas due to lack of metabolic needs to heal. This paper deal with reconstruction of tongue in a case of tongue carcinoma with fascia lata graft. Fascia lata graft is strong, pliable, and easily sutured to native tissues, it is easily
harvested.