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Management of Almost Total Loss of Palate, Buccinator Myomucosal Flap

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Surgical Atlas of Cleft Palate and Palatal Fistulae

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When the bony palatal shelf is less than one-third of the width of the cleft palate, it is called unoperated Wide Cleft Palate. Some surgeons would use an additional flap to repair the wide cleft palate. In case of large fistulae with Velopharyngeal incompetence cases, different options are available. Some flaps are used to cover the defect in two stage procedures. However, Buccinator myomucosal flap is a better choice and can be used as a single stage procedure.

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  1. Department of craniofacial Deformities, Saint Lucas Hospital, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

    Fernando Henrique Almas de Carvalho

  2. Plastic Surgery, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz

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de Carvalho, F.H.A., Fayyaz, G.Q. (2022). Management of Almost Total Loss of Palate, Buccinator Myomucosal Flap. In: Fayyaz, G.Q. (eds) Surgical Atlas of Cleft Palate and Palatal Fistulae. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3889-6_85-2

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    Management of Almost Total Loss of Palate, Buccinator Myomucosal Flap
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3889-6_85-2

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