Malik Ali Hassan Sajid, Khurram Latif, Shoaib Younus, Riaz Ahmed Warraich, Hafiz Shaker Mehmood, Asma Aftab, Kushal Bimb.
Utilization of nasolabial flap for reconstruction of oral cavity defects.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;35(1):17-20.

Objective of this study was to highlight the utilization of nasolabial flap for reconstruction of oral cavity defects. The study revealed the results of 21 nasolabial flaps in 14 patients over the period of two and a half year. The patients presented at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore from November 2009 to November 2011 and at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore from May 2012 to October 2012. In 08(57.14%) patients the defects were secondary to Oral Submucous Fibrosis of buccal mucosae; 03(21.43%) patients were with biopsy proven Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the oral cavity and in 02(14.28%) patients flap was used to cover the post traumatic oro-antral defects secondary to firearm and machine injuries to the maxilla. One patient (7.14%) had the defect after resection of the cystic lesion of the maxilla. Uneventful flap healing was observed in 20(95.24%) and partial flap loss occurred in only 01(4.76%). It was concluded that the nasolabial flap is a reliable and minimally traumatic local flap for reconstruction of small-to-medium sized oral cavity defects with predictable functional and good aesthetic results.

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