Application of buccal fat pad for lining of lateral defect in cleft palate repair and review of literature

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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Main Authors: Parit S Ladani, Hermann F Sailer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
Subjects:
buccal fat pad
cleft palate
lateral defect
Online Access:http://www.jclpca.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2125;year=2016;volume=3;issue=2;spage=63;epage=66;aulast=Ladani

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