Open AccessBILATERAL CLEFT PALATE REPAIR BY USING TONGUE FLAP FOLLOWED BY ALVEOLAR BONE GRAFTING - A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Memuna Kausar Satti,
Zainab Qasim,
Farwa Rais,
Ayousha Iqbal,
Maahin Shoaib,
Asad Ghaffar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan armed forces medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-8842
pISSN - 0030-9648
DOI - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i1.3319
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , tongue , surgery , bone grafting , cancellous bone , alveolar crest , grafting , dentistry , complication , dental alveolus , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology , polymer
A clinical case of bilateral cleft palate repair using previous tongue flap followed by Alveolar Bone Grafting(ABG). After pre-surgical orthodontics a surgical procedure whereby previous tongue Flaps were reflected, nasalbeds were prepared on both sides. A cortico-cancellous bone of 2 cm was harvested from iliac crest and grafted inclefts. Patient is kept on follow up to monitor healing, postoperative results and any post- operative complication.