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A modified technique of using the tongue tip for closure of large anterior palatal fistula
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A modified technique of using the tongue tip for closure of large anterior palatal fistula

M M Al-Qattan
Annals of plastic surgery, Vol.47(4), pp.458-460
01/10/2001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000637-200110000-00019
PMID: 11601587

Abstract

Child Humans Male Oroantral Fistula - surgery Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods Surgical Flaps Tongue - surgery
Anteriorly based dorsal tongue flaps are the most commonly used flaps for closure of difficult palatal fistulae. The author presents a patient in whom the palatal defect was thought to be too big to be closed by the standard tongue flap. The tongue tip was divided into equal dorsal and ventral flaps, and both flaps were used to reconstruct the palatal defect. Technical considerations, and advantages and disadvantages of the procedure are discussed.

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