title: Maxillofacial reconstruction with nasolabial and facial artery musculomucosal flaps.
abstract: The nasolabial and facial artery musculomucosal (FAMM) flaps are predictable methods to reconstruct perioral and intraoral defects with vascularized tissue. The nasolabial flap can be harvested as an axial or random patterned flap, whereas the FAMM flap is truly an axial patterned flap, with either a superior or an inferior base. Both flaps have been widely used to provide predictable results, with low morbidity. Future studies are needed to further prove their use in compromised patients, including patients with a history of head and neck radiation and neck dissections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Facial Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 520 North 12th Street, Room 239, Richmond, VA 23298-0566, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel Cameron
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Braasch
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Facial Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 520 North 12th Street, Room 239, Richmond, VA 23298-0566, USA. Electronic address: dlam@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Din
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida at Gainesville, 1395 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA.
authors.forename: Esther S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D004954:Esthetics; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D064827:Myocutaneous Flap / Q000098:blood supply*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods
keywords: Facial artery; Facial artery musculomucosal flap; Intraoral defect; Maxillofacial reconstruction; Nasolabial