A lthough the management of cleft lip and palate has improved significantly during the last years, repairing oronasal fistulae is still a challenge. Reports of the incidence of postoperative fistu-lae following palate repair range from 10% to 20%. 1 Several techniques are reported for the treatment of oronasal fistula, such as local mucoperiosteal flap, V-Y 2-layer repair, superior lip mucosal ...

Objectives This study is aimed at comparing the functional outcome of axillary nerve neurotization by a triceps motor branch through the axillary approach and posterior arm approach. Methods The study included 27 patients with post-traumatic brachial plexus injury treated with axillary nerve neurotization by a triceps motor branch for functional recovery of shoulder abduction and external rot...

The margin of the mandibular foramen is irregular. Lingula is a tongue-like flap of bone that overlaps the mandibular foramen anteromedially .It is surmounted by a sharp spine, the lingual of the mandible which gives attachment to the spheno mandibular ligament; at its lower and back part is a notch from which the mylohyoid groove runs obliquely downward and forward, and lodges the mylohyoid ve...

A 64-year-old man with T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue base underwent treatment with radiation, followed by glossolaryngectomy, bilateral neck dissection, and placement of an anterolateral thigh flap graft. After 1 year, he presented with acute cholangitis (abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, chills, and hypotension), making emergency endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP...

OBJECTIVE To report our experience in and our surgical technique of treating vascular anomalies of the buccofacial region using an intraoral buccomucosal flap approach. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review and illustration of a specific surgical procedure. SETTING Academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS Thirty-two patients with vascular anomalies of the buccofacial region who have b...

Schwannoma is a benign nerve sheath tumor composed of schwann cells. Oral cavity is a rare site for schwannomas, tongue being the most common location. Here we are presenting a case of a young adult who presented with a huge swelling in the tongue which was removed by mandibulotomy approach and pre-operative tracheostomy. A 22-year-old male patient presented to the outpatient department with a ...

We describe a consecutive series of five patients with bone or soft-tissue sarcomas of the elbow and intra-articular extension treated by complex soft tissue, allograft bone and prosthetic joint replacement after wide extra-articular en bloc excision. All had a pedicled myocutaneous latissimus dorsi rotation flap for soft-tissue cover and reconstruction of the triceps. Wide negative surgical ma...

Background: Defects of the tongue has major effect on speech and swallowing. Free flaps serve as an ideal choice for reconstruction but in developing countries, local alternative decreasing morbidity improving functional outcome with easy reproducibility by majority head neck surgeons. Surgical outcomes associated submental (SMF) used medium-sized defects was evaluated well a novel modification...