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Jun 1, 2019 · The FAMM flap is indicated in reconstruction of small-to-moderate size head and neck defects. The most common indications in the literature are defects of the floor of mouth, palate, and alveolar ridge. 2 The type of flap used depends on the defect location.
- Tareck Ayad
- 2019
Dec 15, 2019 · The FAMM flap is an axial flap containing the facial artery with its accompanying venous plexus, with a small amount of surrounding buccal fat, buccinator muscle, submucosa, and mucosa. It can be thought of as an intraoral and mirrorimage version of an axial nasolabial flap.
Nov 22, 2011 · The FAMM flap is presently our preferred method of reconstruction for small to medium-sized FOM defects. It provides an elastic cushion for prosthetic apparatus, remains malleable, and does not shrink postoperatively. 6 Also, its reliability, ease of harvest, proximity to the defect and similar mucosal lining, absence of external scar, and low ...
- Maxime Duranceau, Tareck Ayad
- 2011
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Jul 18, 2023 · The FAMM flap is a versatile and reliable option for head and neck reconstruction, particularly in oral cavity defects. Indications for the use of the FAMM flap include reconstruction of the floor of the mouth , alveolar cleft surgery , nasopharyngeal reconstruction , and tongue defect repair .
- 10.7759/cureus.42060
- 2023/07
- Cureus. 2023 Jul; 15(7): e42060.
Jun 26, 2016 · Although a number of other options exist for lip reconstruction, including mucosal grafts, labia minora grafts, two-stage flaps such as the tongue flap, cross-lip flap, bilateral island vermilion flaps, and free-tissue transfer ( 5 ), the FAMM flap provides a hardy source of axially perfused musculomucosal tissue in a single-stage procedure.
Surgical anatomy of the FAMM flap The FAMM flap is an intraoral cheek flap and includes the buccal mucosa, the submucosa, the buccinator mus- cle, and the superficial layer of the orbicularis oris mus- cle in the area of the oral commissure (Figures 1 and 2). Inferiorly based FAMM flaps are pedicled on the facial artery with an antegrade flow.
Facial artery musculomucosal (FAMM) flap. Tareck Ayad, MD, FRCSC. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otot.2019.04.005. PlumX Metrics. Abstract. This study presents a thorough overview of the relevant anatomy of this flap, reviews its most common indications, and introduces a step-by-step approach to a successful harvest of the FAMM flap.
