Pedicle Tongue Flap for Palatal Fistula Closure.
J Craniofac Surg
; 27(8): 2146-2148, 2016 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-28005773
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Palatal fistulae are common sequels that appear in patients after surgical procedures in the palate. Considering the difficulty to achieve an effective treatment, there are many techniques to surgically manage fistulae, that is, the pedicle tongue flap.OBJECTIVE:
Being so, the main goal of this paper is to report cases of patients with palatal fistulae, from different etiologies, treated with anterior pedicle tongue flap. PATIENTS Eleven patients, 8 male and 3 female, mean age of 32 years old with palatal fistulae surgically treated with anterior dorsal tongue flaps. No flap was completely lost. There was 1 partial loss and 1 residual buconasal communication. The most common complaints of the patients were difficulty to perform oral hygiene and mild pain.CONCLUSION:
The use of anterior pedicle tongue flap for closing palatal fistulae demonstrates to be a safe procedure with high success rates (81% in this paper) when correctly indicated.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Surgical Flaps
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Tongue
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Nose Diseases
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Oral Fistula
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Cleft Palate
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Fistula
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Craniofac Surg
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brasil