# Oncological Outcome of Contralateral Submental Artery Island Flap Versus Primary Closure in Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

> **NCT03440151** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Cairo University** · enrollment: 64 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** contralateral submental flap for tongue cancer defect
- **PROCEDURE:** primary closure for tongue cancer defect

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03440151
- **Lead sponsor:** Cairo University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2018-02-21
- **Primary completion:** 2020-10
- **Final completion:** 2020-11
- **Target enrollment:** 64 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03440151

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03440151, "Oncological Outcome of Contralateral Submental Artery Island Flap Versus Primary Closure in Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03440151. Licensed CC0.

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