A Review of the Use of Buccal Fat Pad in Cleft Palate Repair.
Adegbayi Adeola AdekunleOlutayo JamesAliyah Oluwabusayo OlanbiwonnuWasiu Lanre AdeyemoPublished in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (2023)
The high success rate, vascularity, ease of tissue harvest, and low donor site morbidity all support its use as an adjunct flap in cleft palate repair, especially in the closure of wide palatal clefts, to prevent post-palatal repair fistula, wound contracture, and subsequently velopharyngeal insufficiency and possibly midface hypoplasia.
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