A Study of the Use of Fat Flap Reconstruction to Reduce Neck Injury After Cancer Treatment

These instruments include Face Q for Appearance, Eating \& drinking, Swallowing, and Saliva (patient-reported); the Neck Dissection Impairment Index (patient-reported); the Long-term ENT-Subjective/Objective/Management/Analysis (LENT-SOMA) for skin-subcutaneous tissue, muscle-soft tissue, mucosa - oral and pharyngeal, salivary gland, and mandible (patient- and clinician-reported); modified barium swallow study (8-point penetration aspiration scale).

LENT SOMA instrument will also be provided to summarize objective quality-of-life-related measures recorded at 12 months postoperatively, including interincisor distance (mm); neck range of motion measured in degrees of flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation to both sides; and shoulder range of motion, measured in degrees of abduction.