PALATOPLASTY FOR HORSE SHOE CLEFTS THE MEDIAN PALATAL MUCOPERIOSTEAL FLAP TECHNIQUE

A new technique of palatoplasty in horse-shoe clefts in 11 cases is presented. A Median mucoperiosteal flap has been used to minimise tension on the nasal layer. As a result of this fistula formation has never occurred. Adequate retropositioning could not be obtained in one case out of the 11 cases...

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Main Authors: P. K. APPUKUTTAN, M. V. RAMAN, G. PADMAKUMAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1985-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778493
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