Pronator quadratus musculo-osseous free flap for wide hard palatal defect reconstruction: An anatomical study
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Tarih
2023
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Elsevier Sci Ltd
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Wide hard palate defects include congenital and acquired defects that are six square centimeters or larger in size. Obturator prostheses and autologous soft tissue transfers have been used to reconstruct palatal defects. This study aims to repair wide, hard palatal defects by using a pronator quadratus musculo-osseous free flap to achieve subtotal reconstruction. Seventeen formalin-fixed cadavers were dissected. Free musculo-osseous pronator quadratus flaps were prepared after a 12 cm curvilinear volar skin incision. Standard 30 x 23 mm (690 & PLUSMN; 52.12 mm2) hard palate defects were made by chisels and saws. A subcutaneous tunnel was created between the mandibular edge cross point of the facial vessels and the retromolar trigone through the subcutaneous to the superficial musculoaponeurotic system by dissection. Area measurements of the pedicle and palate defects were performed by the ImageJ program (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA) on drawings over an acetate layer of materials. Mandibular distances of gonion-facial vessel cross point (a), goniongnathion (m), and facial vessels' cross point-retromolar entrance point (h) were measured. Ratios of h/m and a/m were calculated. The mean pronator quadratus area was 2349.39 & PLUSMN; 444.05 mm2, and the arterial pedicle pronator quadratus diameter was 2.32 & PLUSMN; 0.34 mm. The mean pedicle length of the pronator quadratus was 117.13 & PLUSMN; 8.10 mm. Study results showed that musculo-osseous pronator quadratus flaps' bone and muscle parts perfectly fit on the defects in all cadavers. Pronator quadratus musculo-osseous flap is a feasible surgical option for wide, hard palatal defect reconstruction strategies.& COPY; 2023 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Hard palate; reconstruction; Pronator quadratus; Cadaveric study; Anatomy
Kaynak
Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
WoS Q Değeri
Q2
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Q2
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81
