Open AccessHistologic Aspect of the Curved Vomerine Mucosa in Cleft Lip and Palate
Author(s) -
Benito K. Benitez,
Andrzej Brudnicki,
Prasad Nalabothu,
Jeannette A. von Jackowski,
Elisabeth Bruder,
Andreas Mueller
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the cleft palate-craniofacial journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1545-1569
pISSN - 1055-6656
DOI - 10.1177/10556656211031419
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital disease , hard palate , dentistry , anatomy , pathology , orthodontics , surgery
Common surgical techniques aim to turn the entire vomerine mucosa with vomer flaps either to the oral side or to the nasal side. The latter approach is widely performed due to the similarity in color to the nasal mucosa. However, we lack a histologic description of the curved vomerine mucosa in cleft lip and palate malformations.