Tongue Reconstruction by Nasolabial Flap

Background: The nasolabial flap is an easy, however untrained, modest tissue reconstruction process with an honest delivery of blood that may be utilized to restore minor tissue defects within the hollow mouth region. The study's intention turned into to peer how a success inferiorly primarily based completely nasolabial flaps had been for restore in sufferers with early mouth maximal cancer.

Methods: A total of twenty-eight sufferers with T- or T2 malignant mass of the tongue which had reconstructions, the use of the inferiorly primarily based nasolabial flap was investigated retrospectively. All of the sufferers blanketed with inside the studies had their flap viability, wound issues, infections, function, scar, and recurrence mentioned post-operatively. After the manner, all sufferers had been monitored for at least six months.

Results: The nasolabial flap is used to restore abnormalities withinside the buccal mucosa, oral commissure, decreased lip, lateral border of the tongue, demanding palate, and mouth floor. The flap becomes a success in all sufferers without a recurrence. The beauty and purposeful results have been each satisfactory. Minor complications include postoperative trismus, immoderate wound contracture, ectropion, infection, and wound dehiscence passed off in a few sufferers. One of the maximum not unusual place issues in most male sufferers becomes intraoral hair boom over the flap employed.

Conclusions: The NLF is a feasible and adaptable choice for restoring small to intermediate deficits of the oral hole area due to ablation of early tumors of the oral hole area if proper interest is paid to flap design, operational approach, and postoperative treatment.