Prelamination of the Forearm Flap for Soft Palate Reconstruction: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT: Microsurgical reconstruction is nowadays the treatment of choice of several head and neck deformities that otherwise could be repaired with limited or unsatisfactory results. The forearm free flap has its own goals expecially the possibility to reconstruct small and extremely specialized anatomical structures such as the soft palate. The abuse of drugs like cocaine, generally taken by sniffing, can produce vascular impairment in nasal and oral tissues producing, as long as the abuse is kept, necrosis of facial anatomical structures and increase of the empty space in the depth of the face or nose. The consequences are generally represented by palatal fistulas or defect, leak of food or drink from the nose, and rhinolalia. Prelamination of the flap before microvascular transfer ensures not o

SUBMITTER: Girotto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature