Erschienen in:
01.09.2019 | Case Report
Use of a Versatile Buccinator Myomucosal Flap in the Palatal Defect
verfasst von:
Madan Mishra, Sapna Tandon
Erschienen in:
Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Inferiorly based buccinator myomucosal island flap (inferiorly based BUMIF) was introduced by Zhao in 2003 [
1‐
3]. Buccinator myomucosal flap is an axial-pattern flap and includes some fibers of orbicularis oris muscle and part of buccinators muscle, covered with the buccal mucosa. It is a vascular island variant of inferiorly pedicled facial artery musculomucosal flap (FAMM), in which the facial artery and vein are skeletonized. This flap has been reported for reconstruction of the mouth floor, tongue and pharynx [
4]. …