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Intraoperative Assessment of Resection Margins in Oral Cavity Cancer: This is the Way

The goal of head and neck oncological surgery is complete tumor resection with adequate resection margins while preserving acceptable function and ...

Erasmus MC University Medical Center

Specimen-driven intraoperative assessment of the resection margins provides immediate feedback if an additional excision is needed. However, relocation of an inadequate margin in the wound bed has shown to be difficult. The objective of this study is to assess a reliable method for accurate relocation of inadequate tumor resection margins in the wound bed after intraoperative assessment of the specimen.

Relocation of inadequate resection margins in the wound bed during oral cavity oncological surgery: A feasibility study.

With an incidence of 350.000 new cases per year, cancer of the oral cavity ranks among the 10 most common solid organ cancers. Most of these cancers are squamous cell carcinomas. Five-year survival is about 50%. It has been shown that clear resection margins (>5 mm healthy tissue surrounding the resected tumor) have a significant positive effect on locoregional control and survival. It is not uncommon that the resection margins of oral tumors are inadequate. However, when providing the surgeon with intraoperative feedback on the resection margin status, it is expected that obtaining adequate resection margins is improved. In this respect, it has been shown that specimen-driven intraoperative assessment of resection margins is superior to defect-driven intraoperative assessment of resection margins. In this concise report, it is described how a specimen-driven approach can increase the rate of adequate resections of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma as well as that it is discussed how intraoperative assessment can be further improved with regard to the surgical treatment of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.

Article	Year
Relocation of inadequate resection margins in the wound bed during oral cavity oncological surgery: A feasibility study. Head & neck\| PubMed ID: 30706624	2019
Specimen-driven intraoperative assessment of resection margins should be standard of care for oral cancer patients. Oral diseases\| PubMed ID: 32816373	2021

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