| Bipaddled submental artery flap. | |
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PMID: 22260791 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Oral cancer is a major public health problem in India. Most patients present with locally advanced disease requiring complex resection and reconstruction strategies. Costs, operating time and availability of expertise are major issues that influence efficient health delivery, especially in developing countries such as India. Technically simple and widely reproducible techniques may be used successfully where applicable, to overcome these issues. The submental artery flap is a well described and acceptable alternative to the radial artery forearm free flap in oral cavity reconstruction. Researchers have demonstrated its technical ease of performance and reproducibility amongst trainees. Here the authors describe the bipaddled submental artery flap, a modification of the standard flap, which can be used to provide lining as well as skin cover for a full thickness cheek defect. Two skin paddles are fashioned taking advantage of the vascular anatomy of the submental vessels. |
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A Ramkumar; N J Francis; R Senthil Kumar; S Dinesh Kumar |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-17 |
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Title: International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery Volume: - ISSN: 1399-0020 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8605826 Medline TA: Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Surgical Oncology, India. |
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