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Submental flap for oral cavity defect - Clinical case example

last modified on: Mon, 10/23/2023 - 08:36

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T2 tongue cancer with extensive submucosal extension

Hemiglossectomy defect

Design of flap around identified cutaneous perforators

Flap after completion of elevation and lymphadenectomy. Note careful skeletonization of pedicle in this case of oral cancer.

Flap after inset. Flap was tunneled behind the mylohyoid muscle into oral cavity.

Submental flap 3 months post-operatively