Modification of the dingman mouth gag for better visibility and access in the management of cleft palate.
Palatal and pharyngeal surgeries often require wide visibility and access. Various mouth gags and retractors have been devised and many modifications suggested to optimize these surgeries. The Dingman mouth gag, one of the commonly used retractors, offers a lot of advantages in terms of good mouth opening, tongue retraction, self-retaining cheek retractors, and anchorage for sutures, but it has a main limitation in that it allows only limited visibility of the anterior palate and alveolus. Hence, a modification of the Dingman mouth gag is presented for better visibility of and accessibility to the anterior palate.
Latha P
LP
Rao
Sherry
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Peter
D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D013525:Surgical Instruments
Dingman retractor; cleft palate repair; modified Dingman retractor; palatal retractor; palatal surgery; pharyngeal surgery