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  • Prelaminirani prosti reženj temporalne fascije za nadomestitev sluznice ustnega dna = Prelaminated temporal fascia free flap for reconstruction of the floor of the mouth
    Didanovič, Vojislav ...
    Background: Mucosal defects after resection of the malignant disease in oral cavity can be left to heal by secondary intention, covered with free skin grafts or covered with local, regional or ... microvascular flaps. Decision about reconstruction depends on the defect size, quality of surrounding tissues and the patient's general health condition. The goal of reconstruction is to achieve elastic, soft and moist surrounding, which enables the functioning of the remaining structures in the oral cavity as well as arapid functional and social rehabilitation. Methods: At the beginning of patient's diagnostic workup, two pieces of clinically healthy buccal mucosa were harvested and transferred as free mucosal grafts under superficial temporal fascia. After three weeks, squamous carcinoma of the floor of the mouth was resected and mucosai defect was reconstructed with a prelaminated temporalis fascia microvascular flap. Results: Presented and discussed is a reconstruction of the oral mucosa defect rarely described in the literature. Conclusion: There is no ideal replacement for the oral mucosa. Scar as a result of healing by secondary intention prevents tongue mobility. The quantity of mucosa availablefor local flaps is limited. Oral cavity environment is not ideal for healing of split-thickness skin grafts and skin transferred into oral cavity is never accustomed to the local conditions. With buccal mucosa prelaminated temporal fascia, microvasculary transferred into the oral cavity, offers a valuable method of reconstruction of medium-size mucosal defects of the oral cavity in selected, motivated patients.
    Source: Zdravniški vestnik : glasilo Slovenskega zdravniškega društva = Slovenian medical journal = journal of Slovenian Medical Association. - ISSN 1318-0347 (Letn. 80, št. 3, mar. 2011, str. 215-220)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2011
    Language - slovenian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 28187609

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