Use of nasolabial skin flap to cover intraoral defects.
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.
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