Kenji Suzuki

The mesopharynx is divided into four subsites, upper wall (soft palate), lateral wall, inferior wall (base of tongue) and posterior wall. The surgical approach to these sites for treatment causes more or less articulatory and swallowing disturbance. Each institute manages the reduction of surgical invasion and methodologies for reconstructive surgery. Suitable treatment methods against mesopharyngeal cancer still have not been established. In this paper, we present total tumor resections using the inferior hyoid bone approach, a relatively low invasive surgical method, for tongue base cancers T 2 and early T 3 stage. We believe that this surgical method is a relatively low invasive surgical method that promotes early healing, and a low occurrence of serious complications such as fistula. Finally, we conclude that the inferior hyoid bone approach for tongue base cancers is a highly useful surgical method.