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The "tadpole flap"--its role in closure of palatal fistulae
J D Watson1, C D Reid, R W Pigott
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
"Tadpole flaps" have been used in a series of 13 cleft palate patients in attempts to close anterior palatal fistulae over a 5-year period. The technique was successful in eight patients whose fistulae remained closed. The failures are discussed in detail.