Disfigurement and Dysfunction Scales After Head Neck Cancer Surgery

Are you evaluating a patient having head and neck cancer surgery?

Yes

As a result of the surgery will the patient have?

• a loss of smell?

Yes

• unilateral hearing loss?

Yes

• impaired mastication?

Yes

• impaired speech?

Yes

• unilateral loss of vision?

Yes

• impaired control of salivary secretions?

Yes

• impaired deglution?

Yes

• aphonia?

Yes

Will the surgery include the following?

• cheek resection with forehead flap repair?

Yes

• total parotidectomy with facial nerve sacrifice?

Yes

• total laryngectomy?

Yes

• orbital exenteration?

Yes

• nasal amputation?

Yes

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Disfigurement and Dysfunction Scales After Head and Neck Cancer Surgery

Purpose: To determine the degree of disfigurement and dysfunction following head and neck cancer surgery using the scales of Dropkin et al.