title: Reconstruction of full-thickness cheek defect affecting the oral commissure by galeal skin island flap: a case report.
abstract: This article describes the use of the galeal skin island flap in the reconstruction of a full-thickness cheek defect affecting the oral commissure, created after radical surgery in a 60-year-old patient suffering from carcinoma of the cheek. Advantages and drawbacks of the described technique are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Faculty of Stomatology, University of Beograd, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stefanović
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nikolić
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stajcić
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*