Reconstructive management of the rare bilateral oral submucos fibrosis using nasolabial flap in comparison with free radial forearm flap - a randomised prospective trial

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Majeed Rana¹  Nils-Claudius Gellrich¹  André Michael Eckardt¹  Horst Kokemueller¹  Riaz Warraich¹  Anjum Shaheen²  Madiha Rana¹  Muhammad Faisal² 

[1]Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, Hannover D-30625, Germany

[2]Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nishtar Institute of Dentistry, Multan, Pakistan

关键词: Microvascular anastomosis;    Radial free forearm flap;    Nasolabial flap;    Oral sub mucous fibrosis;   

Others  :  864046
DOI  :  10.1186/1750-1172-8-56

 received in 2013-04-01, accepted in 2013-04-05,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Oral sub mucous fibrosis is a rare chronic, progressive, pre malignant collagen disorder of oral mucosa in people of Asian descent characterized by trismus, blanching and stiffness of mucosa, burning sensation in mouth and hypomobility of soft palate and tongue with loss of gustatory sensation. Betel nut chewing is the most common etiological agent. Surgery remains the main stay in severe cases and aims at release of fibrotic bands and resurfacing the raw areas with different options. Reconstruction can be done by using nasolabial flap or radial free forearm flap. The purpose of this study was to compare the mouth opening after the reconstruction with either nasolabial flap or radial free forearm flap.

Methods

This study was carried out on fifty (50) patients with oral sub mucous fibrosis. Twenty five (25) of these were reconstructed by nasolabial flap and twenty five (25) were reconstructed by radial free forearm flap. At different intervals of their post-operative visits, they were evaluated for the interincisal distance and the difference between the two groups was assessed.

Results

Average increase in interincisal distance was greater in patients reconstructed with radial free forearm flap compared with patient reconstructed by nasolabial flap i.e. 18.96 mm and 15.16 mm respectively with ‘P’ value > 0.05.

Conclusion

Based on this study radial forearm free flap is a superior method compared to transposition of nasolabial flap to cover the surgical wound of oral submucous fibrosis.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Faisal et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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