title: Use of nasolabial skin flap to cover intraoral defects.
abstract: Several fresh surgical defects of the maxillary alveolus, palate, and tonsillar area, resulting from the excision of cancer, have been repaired in a single operation by pulling through an inferiorly-based nasolabial flap with a subcutaneous pedicle. Patient rehabilitation has been rapid.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous