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Cross cheek dumbbell-shaped radial forearm free flap for bilateral trismus release
Touqeer Hussain1, Hasan Tahir2, Obaid U R Rahman1
1Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract:
Trismus in post-radiotherapy patients is mostly secondary to fibrosis of buccal mucosa and muscles of mastication. After releasing trismus, mucosal defect needs to be covered with soft and supple tissue. We used a non-conventional method to cover this defect i.e. dumbbell-shape forearm free-flap based on a single radial artery.
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