A lining vomer flap for palate pushback in unilateral cleft palate repair.
A combinaation vomer mucoperiosteal flap and nasal floor mucoperiosteal flap is described which is used to achieve nasal coverage in unilateral cleft palate patients requiring pushbacks. A posteriorly based readily accessible vomer flap is raised on the cleft side and used as nasal lining for the palatal mucoperiosteal flap on the non-cleft side. On  the cleft side, a symmetrically sized nasal floor flap is easily elevated under direct vision and used to cover the nasal aspect of the corresponding mucoperiosteal palatal flap.
D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D010159:Palate / Q000601:surgery