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Complications Associated with Treatment of Lip Cancer

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Lips play a key role in facial expression, phonation, mastication, and retention of oral contents. With so many dynamic functions, treatment of lip cancer can be a challenging endeavor from both ablative and reconstructive standpoints. Treatment outcomes can vary due to tumor size, ablative and reconstructive techniques, tumor location, and recurrence. This vast array of factors has significant effects on overall prognosis and quality of life. Therefore, careful preoperative evaluation and planning are crucial to retain preoperative function and esthetics while maintaining adequate oncological margins. Treatment should be specifically tailored to each patient taking into account the tumor’s clinical characteristics and cervical nodal staging. Even with advanced planning, complications still occur including functional deficits, poor esthetics, recurrence, and locoregional or distant metastasis.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NOVA/NSU College of Dental Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

    Shawn McClure D.M.D., MD

  2. Department of Surgery, Broward Health Medical Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA

    Shawn McClure D.M.D., MD

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL, USA

    Shawn McClure D.M.D., MD

  4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 5000, Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Bradenton, FL, 34211, USA

    Jesse Jakubowski DMD

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McClure, S., Jakubowski, J. (2014). Complications Associated with Treatment of Lip Cancer. In: Kolokythas, A. (eds) Lip Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38180-5_11

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