Delayed buccal fat pad herniation: An unusual complication of buccal flap in cleft surgery

Buccal musculomucosal flap is commonly used in cleft palate surgery for providing additional lining when nasal mucosa is inadequate. We report an unusual complication of progressively increasing fat herniation from the sutured donor site which started appearing on the third postoperative day. This n...

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Main Authors: Puneet Tuli, Atul Parashar, Vipul Nanda, Ramesh K. Sharma
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
buccal musculomucosal flap
cleft palate
herniation of buccal fat pad
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699322
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