Resistant oroantral fistula: combined technique of double flap clo-sure and wide endoscopic middle meatal antrostomy

Oroantral fistula is a pathological communica-tion between the oral cavity and maxillary sinus antrum. Many etiologies have been contributed for the abnormal communica-tion; of these following dental extraction maxillary premolars and molars has been the commonest because of anatomic proximity of ro...

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Published inOtolaryngology online journal Vol. 6; no. 1
Main Authors Naik, Sudhir M, Deekshith, R M, Ravishankara, S, Shashikumar, T, Sherry, J, Pooja, N, Kv, Aishwarya, Bhat, Shankarnarayana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chennai Otolaryngology Online 01.01.2016
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Summary:Oroantral fistula is a pathological communica-tion between the oral cavity and maxillary sinus antrum. Many etiologies have been contributed for the abnormal communica-tion; of these following dental extraction maxillary premolars and molars has been the commonest because of anatomic proximity of root apices of these teeth and maxillary an-trum. Various methods have been described in literature for closure of these communica-tions which vary from simple local methods like buccal advancement flap to complex dis-tal flaps and grafts. We present you 2 cases of OAF repaired using double breasting flap technique.
ISSN:2250-0359