title: The double-door tongue flap for total cheek mucosa defects.
abstract: Lining of total cheek mucosa defects can be accomplished by opening the tongue along its lateral border and preparing two myomucosa flaps that can be swung upward and downward like a double door to be sutured into the defect. The tongue is released 3 weeks later in a second-stage operation. The operation is quick and easy compared with other methods to achieve lining for such defects. Tongue function is not impaired after healing of the second-stage operation.
authors.affiliation: Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, West Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Domarus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002610:Cheek; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery*