Adnan Aslam, Mohammad Yunus, Pareesa Rahman, Uzair Luqman, Syed Adnan Ali Shah.
Buccal fat pad flap in management of oroantral fistula.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;35(1):13-6.

Many options are exercised to affect surgical management of oroantral fistulae. Postoperative wound dehiscence is not uncommon, and the surgical management of such fistulae often becomes increasingly difficult because of a lingering maxillary sinus infection. This was a retrospective study done on 23 patients in which a double layered technique, consisting of buccal fat pad in conjunction with buccal advancement flap was used for surgical closure of oroantral fistulae. Only 3 of the patients had had a failure of the closure. We recommend this technique because of its many advantages and low risk of complications.

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