Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to O N Mehrotra.
Reports of three cases of large oral fistula following tumour excision are presented. The repairs utilized deltopectoral, forehead, and scalp flaps. Technical points discussed include the de-epithelialization of folded flaps, the preservation of vermilion, the placement of immediate fascial slings and the use of island flaps.
A unique opportunity to reconstruct a deformed hand by designing two neurovascular island flaps from a damaged index finger has been presented. One flap, a composite carrying the index tip, was used basically as in pollicization, while the second flap was used to reconstruct the web space. An excellent functional result was achieved.
Problems relating to the management of traumatic skin loss of the lower extremity and methods of replacement are discussed with emphasis on several new methods namely, muscle flaps. foot flaps carried on its own blood vessels are nerve as an island flap and free microvascular flaps. Cases treated by these methods are illustrated.