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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Journal of Clinical Practice</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of Clinical Practice</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Клиническая практика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2220-3095</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-8627</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">695986</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/clinpract695986</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">GBYSJP</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Original Study Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Оригинальные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The application of the super-elastic TiNi implant for the functional reconstruction of the tongue in oncology patients</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Применение сверхэластичного имплантата TiNi для функциональной реконструкции языка у онкологических больных</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-5047</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3898-9456</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kulbakin</surname><given-names>Denis E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кульбакин</surname><given-names>Денис Евгеньевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук</p></bio><email>kulbakin_d@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3651-0665</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2240-8730</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Choynzonov</surname><given-names>Evgeny L.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чойнзонов</surname><given-names>Евгений Лхамацыренович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор, академик РАН</p></bio><email>center@tnimc.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3257-9002</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6296-4573</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tskhay</surname><given-names>Vladislav O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Цхай</surname><given-names>Владислав Олегович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>kragnan@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-7039</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2111-3721</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Krasavina</surname><given-names>Elena A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Красавина</surname><given-names>Елена Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук</p></bio><email>krasavinaea@mail2000.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-5270</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7116-2901</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Marchenko</surname><given-names>Ekaterina S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Марченко</surname><given-names>Екатерина Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Assistant Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р физ.-мат. наук, доцент</p></bio><email>89138641814@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-2766</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7063-1700</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Baigonakova</surname><given-names>Gulsharat A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Байгонакова</surname><given-names>Гульшарат Аманболдыновна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. физ.-мат. наук</p></bio><email>gat27@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0823-7208</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9042-5741</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dubovikov</surname><given-names>Kirill M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дубовиков</surname><given-names>Кирилл Максимович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>kirill_dubovikov@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Tomsk National Research Medical Center</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Томский национальный исследовательский медицинский центр Российской академии наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Tomsk State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский Томский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2026-01-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-05-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>62</fpage><lpage>71</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-11-09"><day>09</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-12-12"><day>12</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://clinpractice.ru/clinpractice/article/view/695986">https://clinpractice.ru/clinpractice/article/view/695986</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:</bold> Despite the visual accessibility, as of today, there are still persisting high rates of malignant tumors of the tongue newly diagnosed at later stages, which determines the complexity of treatment in this category of patients. The main variant of surgical treatment for locally advanced stages of tongue cancer remains the glossectomy with the resection of the oral cavity floor muscles, which results in the impairment of the swallowing and speaking functions. Due to that, still topical are the search and the development of new modern reconstructive methods to be used during the glossectomy for increasing the quality of life for the patient. <bold>AIM:</bold> To perform the clinical approbation of the method of tongue reconstruction after glossectomy using the re-vascularised dermal-muscle flap and the TiNi metal wire weft-knitted mesh. <bold>METHODS:</bold> The single-center prospective non-randomized research included 6 patients (3 men and 3 women aged from 38 to 56 years) with the locally advanced (Т3–Т4) stages of tongue cancer, which underwent the glossectomy with simultaneous reconstruction. The follow-up period ranged from 3 to 8 months. <bold>RESULTS:</bold> In all the operated patients, we managed to restore the shape of the tongue. Creating the anatomical shape of the tongue and of the oral cavity floor without the ptosis of the hyoid bone and with the used reconstructive flap has allowed for more comprehensively and at earlier times restoring the speaking and the swallowing functions. No inflammatory changes were reported in the area of the reconstruction and of the implantation of the titanium nickelide mesh in any of the patients. One case was reported as the local recurrence in 4 months after surgery. <bold>CONCLUSION:</bold> The developed reconstructive-surgical method allows for effectively and safely reconstructing the tongue and the oral cavity floor after glossectomy in oncology patients, to restore the swallowing and the speaking function without developing the significant postoperative complications.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> Несмотря на визуальную доступность, на сегодняшний день сохраняется высокая частота впервые выявленных злокачественных опухолей языка на поздних стадиях, что обусловливает сложности лечения данной категории больных. Основным вариантом хирургического лечения при местнораспространённых стадиях рака языка остаётся глоссэктомия с резекцией мышц дна полости рта, что приводит к нарушению глотательной и речевой функций. В этой связи актуальны поиск и разработка новых современных реконструктивных методик при выполнении глоссэктомии для повышения качества жизни пациента. <bold>Цель исследования</bold> — провести клиническую апробацию методики реконструкции языка после глоссэктомии с использованием реваскуляризированного кожно-мышечного лоскута и металлотрикотажа TiNi. <bold>Методы.</bold> В одноцентровое проспективное нерандомизированное исследование включены 6 пациентов (3 мужчины и 3 женщины в возрасте от 38 до 56 лет) с местнораспространёнными (Т3–Т4) стадиями рака языка, которым выполнена глоссэктомия с одномоментной реконструкцией. Срок наблюдения составил от 3 до 8 месяцев. <bold>Результаты.</bold> У всех прооперированных пациентов удалось добиться восстановления формы языка. Создание анатомической формы языка и дна полости рта без птоза подъязычной кости и реконструктивного лоскута позволило более полно и в ранние сроки восстановить речевую и глотательную функции. Воспалительных изменений в области реконструкции и имплантации ткани из никелида титана ни у одного из пациентов не возникло. В одном случае зафиксирован местный рецидив через 4 месяца после операции. <bold>Заключение.</bold> Разработанная реконструктивно-хирургическая методика позволяет эффективно и безопасно реконструировать язык и дно полости рта после глоссэктомии у онкологических пациентов, восстановить глотание и речевую функцию без развития значимых послеоперационных осложнений.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>glossectomy</kwd><kwd>reconstruction</kwd><kwd>malignant tumor</kwd><kwd>ptosis</kwd><kwd>tongue</kwd><kwd>titanium nickelide</kwd><kwd>implant</kwd><kwd>metal wire knitted mesh</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>глоссэктомия</kwd><kwd>реконструкция</kwd><kwd>злокачественная опухоль</kwd><kwd>птоз</kwd><kwd>язык</kwd><kwd>никелид титана</kwd><kwd>имплантат</kwd><kwd>металлотрикотажная сетка</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Министерство науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>075-15-2025-607</award-id></award-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was carried out with financial support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 075-15-2025-607 dated 01/07/2025)</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование проводилось при финансовой поддержке Министерства науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации (Соглашение № 075-15-2025-607 от 01/07/2025).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Gormley M, Creaney G, Schache A, et al. 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