Application of buccal fat pad for lining of lateral defect in cleft palate repair and review of literature
Purpose: To discuss the advantages of pedicle buccal fat pad flaps used to cover areas of exposed bone of the lateral hard palate. Patients and Methods: Fifty patients had buccal fat pad flaps used in cleft palate repair. Fat pad is filled into the lateral defect and sutured to palatal flap and ging...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jclpca.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2125;year=2016;volume=3;issue=2;spage=63;epage=66;aulast=Ladani |