INTRAORAL MORBIDITY FOLLOWING FREE BUCCAL MUCOSAL GRAFT HARVESTING FOR URETHROPLASTY

Authors
TOLSTUNOV L POGREL MA MCANINCH JW
Citation
L. Tolstunov et al., INTRAORAL MORBIDITY FOLLOWING FREE BUCCAL MUCOSAL GRAFT HARVESTING FOR URETHROPLASTY, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 84(5), 1997, pp. 480-482
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
84
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
480 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1997)84:5<480:IMFFBM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Buccal mucosa is the preferred donor tissue for urethroplasty in many cases. This study documents donor site morbidity associated with this technique in 12 patients. Nine patients had a transiently decreased pa rotid salivary flow for 1 week, and one patient reported transient ner ve involvement (long buccal nerve). Intraincisal opening returned to p resurgical values within 6 weeks and in some cases exceeded presurgica l values. This appears to be a low morbidity technique with high patie nt acceptance.