The aim of the study is to investigate post-surgery sensory impairment and life quality changes in oral cancer patients who underwent free flap (Free Flap) on post-operative 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months, respectively
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
sensory impairment on Donor site
comparison the contra-lateral side and donor site; measurement of thermal hyperalgesia with thermal roller temperatures measurement of allodynia with brush and cotton swab measurment of mechanical hyperalgesia with Von Frey filaments sensory impairments with roller wheel
Time frame: up to 2 years
postoperative life quality using EORTC QLQ C-30 questionnaire .
Time frame: postoperative 6 months to one year, postoperative 1 to 2 years, and over postoperative 2 years
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