Favorable Transverse Maxillary Development after Covering the Lateral Raw Surfaces with Buccal Fat Flaps in Modified Furlow Palatoplasty : A Three-Dimensional Imaging-Assisted Long-Term Comparative Outcome Study

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BACKGROUND: The pedicled buccal fat flap has recently been applied to cover the lateral raw surfaces during palatoplasty as an attempt to mitigate scar-induced transverse maxillary constriction during growth, but with no formal long-term comparative analysis. This three-dimensional imaging-assisted study assessed its impact on posterior transverse maxillary development.

METHODS: Cone beam computed tomographic scans from patients with unilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate who received buccal fat flap (buccal fat group; n = 22) or Surgicel (Surgicel group; n = 32) for covering lateral raw surfaces during modified Furlow palatoplasty at 9 to 10 months of age and had reached the age of 9 years were retrieved for analysis. Patients with unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (nonpalatoplasty group; n = 24) were also included for comparison. Using three-dimensional maxillary image models, linear (U6T-MSP and U6J-MSP) and area measurements were calculated for cleft and noncleft posterior maxillary sides and for total posterior transverse maxillary dimension.

RESULTS: The buccal fat group had significantly (all p < 0.05) wider dimensions compared with the Surgicel group for all transverse maxillary measurements on both the cleft and noncleft sides, except for U6J-MSP and posterior palatal area parameters on the cleft side ( p > 0.05). The buccal fat group had significantly (all p < 0.05) wider total transverse maxillary dimensions compared with the Surgicel and nonpalatoplasty groups.

CONCLUSION: Covering the lateral raw surfaces with buccal fat flaps resulted in less posterior transverse maxillary constriction compared with the Surgicel-based covering procedure.

CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, III.

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:150

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Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 150(2022), 2 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 396e-405e

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Englisch

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Lo, Chi-Chin [VerfasserIn]
Denadai, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Hsiu-Hsia [VerfasserIn]
Pai, Betty Chien-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Yu-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Lun-Jou [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Pang-Yun [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 29.07.2022

Date Revised 30.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/PRS.0000000000009353

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NLM342091050