<正> Surgical treatment of tongue tumors usually results in a tongue defect half or more thanhalf of its original size which not only interferes with speech

swallow and mastication functions butalso creates contour deformity and induces mental suffering In order to restore the contour and func-tions of the tongue 21 cases of tongue defects were repaired and reconstructed with forearm radialor ulnar cutaneous or myocutaneous flaps All the transplanted flaps survived and the restored con-tour and functions were satisfactory. The surgical procedure of tongue reconstruction was intro-duced and how to have a satisfactory recovery of the tongue functions and raise the rate of successof the operation were discussed.