Delayed buccal fat pad herniation: An unusual complication of buccal flap in cleft surgery | Zendy

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Delayed buccal fat pad herniation: An unusual complication of buccal flap in cleft surgery

Author(s) -

Atul Parashar,

Vipul Nanda,

RameshK Sharma,

Puneet Tuli

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of plastic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 1998-376X

pISSN - 0970-0358

DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.53019

Subject(s) - medicine , buccal administration , buccal fat pad , complication , surgery , dentistry

Buccal musculomucosal flap is commonly used in cleft palate surgery for providing additional lining when nasal mucosa is inadequate. We report an unusual complication of progressively increasing fat herniation from the sutured donor site which started appearing on the third postoperative day. This necessitated excision of the protruding fat pad on the seventh postoperative day. The possible mechanism and precautions for prevention of this complication are discussed.

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