The folded radial forearm flap in soft-palate and tonsillary fossa reconstruction: technical note
β Scribed by F. Biglioli; R. Brusati
- Book ID
- 116560222
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 994 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0901-5027
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## Background: Speech and swallowing problems due to velopharyngeal incompetence may follow soft palate resection and reconstruction. over the past 3 years, we have developed the use of a superiorly based pharyngeal flap in conjunction with a radial forearm flap for soft palate reconstruction. ##
## Abstract ## __Background.__ Moderate resection of the soft palate results in suboptimal outcomes in terms of postoperative velopharyngeal function. We propose the radial forearm tenocutaneous free flap incorporating the palmaris longus tendon for reconstruction of the levator sling in these cas