Repair of an Untreated Cleft Palate in an Adult Using a Prefabricated Radial Forearm Flap.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1997
Abstract
The untreated isolated cleft of the palate in an adult is rarely encountered today. It can also be difficult to close using conventional techniques because of the disparity between the extremely wide cleft and the paucity of available local tissues. One possible solution is a thin radial forearm free flap. If used as a bilaminar flap prefabricated by placement of a skin graft on its fascial undersurface at an initial stage, both the requisite nasal lining and oral mucosa can simultaneously be introduced to close the palate. This maneuver may reduce the potential for late flap contracture and avoids cumbersome methods for immobilizing a skin graft if this were attempted after flap transfer.
Volume
38
Issue
1
First Page
69
Last Page
73
ISSN
0148-7043
Published In/Presented At
Hallock, G. G. (1997). Repair of an untreated cleft palate in an adult using a prefabricated radial forearm flap. Annals Of Plastic Surgery, 38(1), 69-73.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Medical Specialties | Plastic Surgery | Surgery
PubMedID
9015543
Department(s)
Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty
Document Type
Article