What is palatal flap?
What is palatal flap?
The palatal flap is an axial flap based on the greater palatine artery. It can be used as a rotation flap or an interpolated flap with an intervening bridge of oral epithelium. Its first reported description was credited to Ashley in 1939.
What is a pharyngeal flap used for?
Pharyngeal flap surgery is done to treat VPI (velopharyngeal insufficiency), a condition of slight difficulty in breathing, or a nasal sound while speaking.
What is an axial flap?
An axial pattern flap is a pedicle graft that incorporates a direct cutaneous artery and vein into its base. Island arterial flaps can be developed from axial pattern flaps by dividing the cutaneous pedicle, but preserving the direct cutaneous artery and vein entering the newly created “skin island”.
How do they fix cleft palate?
The only way to repair a cleft palate is by surgery. The goal is to close the opening in the roof of the child’s mouth. Your child will be in the operating room for only a few hours. The hospital stay is usually 1 to 3 days.
What is an oral nasal fistula?
An oronasal fistula is an opening or communication between the oral and nasal cavity. This occurs secondary to periodontal disease or loss of any maxillary (upper) teeth, most commonly the canine tooth. Signs of this condition include sneezing, nasal discharge, and bad breath odor.
What does a palatal lift prosthesis do?
A palatal lift prosthesis addresses palatopharyngeal incompetence by physically displacing the dysfunctional soft palate in the hope of closing the palatopharyngeal port enough to mitigate hypernasal speech and/or prevent nasopharyngeal regurgitation of liquids or solids during the pharyngeal phase of swallowing.
How long is VPI surgery?
VPI is commonly present when a child has a history of cleft palate, submucous cleft palate or trauma to the soft palate. It is also present in a variety of birth defects and/or genetic syndromes and can rarely occur following adenoidectomy. The surgery generally takes 1 ½-2 ½ hours.
What does flap mean in surgery?
A flap is a piece of tissue that is still attached to the body by a major artery and vein or at its base. This piece of tissue with its attached blood supply is used in reconstructive surgery by being set into a recipient site (injured area onto which a flap or graft is placed).
