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ArticleClinical medicine insights. Case reports2023

Nasolabial Flap in the Management of Oral Sub Mucous Fibrosis: A Series of Cases.

Hidayat Ullah, Afsheen Maqsood, Samra Faheem, Zafar Ali Khan, Kiran Kumar Ganji, Omer Bashir, Naseer Ahmed, Artak Heboyan

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Article in Clinical medicine insights. Case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Superiorly based nasolabial flap for closure of oronasal fistula: a case report.Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2026
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Hidayat UllahDistrict Specialist Dentistry, DHQ Hospital Lower dir Timergrah, Mansehra, Pakistan.
Afsheen MaqsoodDepartment of Oral Pathology, Bahria University Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Samra FaheemDepartment of Oral Pathology, Bahria University Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zafar Ali KhanDepartment of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology & Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Kiran Kumar GanjiDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al-Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Omer BashirDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rehman College of Dentistry, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Naseer AhmedDepartment of Prosthodontics, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi, Pakistan.
Artak HeboyanDepartment of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Stomatology, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8329-3205

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of the nasolabial flap in the management of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). The descriptive case series included 75 patients diagnosed with OSMF who underwent surgical intervention under general anesthesia. Preoperative mouth opening measurements were compared with postoperative measurements taken after 2 months. Regarding mouth opening, out of the 75 patients, 4 (5.3%) had unsatisfactory results after treatment, while 22 (29.3%) experienced satisfactory outcomes. The majority of patients, 49 (65.3%), achieved normal mouth opening (more than 30 mm) following the Nasolabial flap procedure. This indicates that the Nasolabial flap yielded favorable results in terms of restoring normal mouth opening and benefiting the patients. Based on the findings of this study, the Nasolabial flap was determined to be a viable surgical option for managing oral submucous fibrosis due to its ease of operation, reliable flap vascularity, and low post-operative complication rate. The only drawback identified was the presence of a surgical scar, which can be addressed through secondary correction procedures.

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mouth openingNasolabial flaporal sub mucous fibrosissurgical scar

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PMCPMC10402279

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