Volume 29, Issue 160, June 2025

Limberg Flap Surgery in the Treatment of Mandibular Angle Fistula

Julia Krotofi^♦, Natalia Sioch, Julia Nosko, Adrianna Zawisza, Wojciech Jasek, Sylwia Kołpaczyńska

Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Poland

^♦Corresponding author
Julia Krotofil, Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Poland

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a case of a 70-year-old patient from the Department of Plastic Surgery. The surgery involved closure of a fistula in the mandibular angle area on the right side. The patient also presented with non-functional dentures. Following qualification, the surgical team closed the fistula and applied a Limberg flap. They used two local flaps to reconstruct the cheek defect and covered the missing tissue with a flap harvested from the neck area. The team performed the procedure without complications, and the patient tolerated anesthesia and surgery well. Postoperatively, the medical staff discharged the patient home in good general and local condition with recommendations for further treatment, including fabricating new dentures in approximately 6-8 weeks.

Keywords: Mandibular angle fistula, Rhomboid flap surgery, Mandibular angle, Limberg’s rhomboid flap

Medical Science, 2025, 29, e88ms3582

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v29i160.e88ms3582

Published: 21 June 2025