title: Dressing for alveolopalatal wounds after alveolar bone grafting.
abstract: Cotton gauze with alpha cyanoacrylate was used for alveolopalatal wound dressing after alveolar bone grafting to treat 93 alveolar clefts in 74 cleft patients to reduce mechanical injuries, tension for wound dehiscence, and adhesion of food remnants. T-shaped cotton gauze was put on the gingivoperiosteal flaps and was impregnated with cyanoacrylate. The procedure required no preoperative preparation and its intraoperative execution took less than 5 minutes. The gauze with cyanoacrylate was removed approximately 1 week after surgery. No infection was observed at any of the operational sites, but tiny fistulas developed at four of them. The mean bone graft score was 1.4 point. No complications such as thermal injury resulted from the use of cyanoacrylate. Gauze impregnated with cyanoacrylate proved to be a convenient and dependable dressing for alveolopalatal wounds resulting from gingivoperiosteoplasty for alveolar bone grafting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuzuriha
authors.forename: Nirou
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Ryokuya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ban
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005893:Gingivoplasty; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D010511:Periodontal Dressings; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003487:Cyanoacrylates