title: Palatal island flap for reconstruction of oral defects.
abstract: This communication describes the technique of the palatal island flap and its usefulness in intraoral reconstruction, with a modification for increasing its extension by means of the palatine foramen free-up procedure. The other modalities, with their attendent advantages and disadvantages for intra-oral reconstruction, are briefly reviewed.
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010159:Palate / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation