[The usage of inferior turbinate mucoperiosteal flap for repairing cleft palate].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a technique for closing the cleft of nasal aspect at the junction of the hard and soft palate and ensuring the wound healing well during the procedures of repairing broad cleft palate.


METHODS
A inferior turbinate mucoperiosteal flap based posterior is designed and transposed to the junction of the hard and soft palate for decreasing the tension effectively and closing the cleft easily.


RESULTS
All of the patients showed wound healing well and no distinct scars or palatal fistula.


CONCLUSIONS
It is a simple and effective technique to decrease the tension and close the cleft of nasal aspect at the junction of the hard and soft palate with inferior turbinate mucoperiosteal flap.
Plastic Surgery Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100041, China.
Yong-jun
YJ
Jing
Jia-jing
JJ
Huang
Min
M
Zhao
Hong-xing
HX
Zhuang
Bin
B
Xiong
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014420:Turbinates