title: The use of a forehead flap to reconstruct the soft and hard palate after cancer excision.
abstract: The successful use of a modified forehead flap technique to reconstruct an extensive defect of the soft palate after cancer resection is described. Postoperative swallowing and speech were good and nasal incontinence was short-lived. This can be an addition to the limited techniques available to surgeons working in this challenging area.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department, Port Moresby General Hospital, Free Mail Bag, Boroko, National Capital District 111, Papua New Guinea. g_gende@yahoo.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gende
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010160:Palate, Soft; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps