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Vomer flap surgery

Index Vomer flap surgery

Vomer flap surgery was used prior to 1975 as a surgical treatment for children with cleft palate. [1]

9 relations: Cleft lip and cleft palate, Mouth, Mucous membrane of nose, Nasal septum, Oral mucosa, Palatoplasty, Surgery, Suture (anatomy), Vomer.

Cleft lip and cleft palate

Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and both together (CLP).

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Mouth

In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, buccal cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds.

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Mucous membrane of nose

The nasal mucous membrane lines the nasal cavities, and is intimately adherent to the periosteum or perichondrium of the nasal conchae.

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Nasal septum

The nasal septum separates the left and right airways in the nose, dividing the two nostrils.

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Oral mucosa

The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane lining the inside of the mouth and consists of stratified squamous epithelium termed oral epithelium and an underlying connective tissue termed lamina propria.

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Palatoplasty

Palatoplasty is a surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct the palate in a person with a cleft palate.

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Surgery

Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.

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Suture (anatomy)

In anatomy, a suture is a fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism, with or without significant overlap of the elements.

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Vomer

The vomer is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomer_flap_surgery

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