title: Oronasal fistula repair using the alveolar ridge approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Use the alveolar ridge approach operation to repair anterior palate oronasal fistulae.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, oronasal communication defects were covered with in situ mucosal flaps, resulting in reduced palatal leakage bilaterally. This treatment approach not only provides good esthetic appearance results, but also prevents food and liquid leakage into nose.
  
  
  RESULTS
  25 patients were considered in this study. The alveolar ridge approach for the complication of anterior palate oronasal fistula was a good alternative for these patients; no incision scars were created, and the physiological state after surgery is optimized, with the resulting outcome most closely approximating true anatomic repair. Mucosal and gingival lateral palatal mucosa post-surgical healing results also were good, with return to a natural position.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oronasal fistula repair with the alveolar ridge approach is an easy and perhaps ideal method, with a high success rate.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing 100144, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: lihaidong8@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing 100144, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zhengxing66@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Ningbei
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Ba-Da-Chu Road, Shi-Jing-Shan District, Beijing 100144, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000539:Alveolar Process; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps
keywords: Alveolar ridge; Anterior palate; Labial vestibule; Oronasal; Palatal fistula; The alveolar ridge