[Vascularized parietal bone island flap. A technical note apropos of a case of reconstruction of the palate after hemi-maxillectomy].

Closure of wide palate defects is still a very complex problem and a real challenge for cervico-facial surgeons. The authors present an original technics drifted of the one D.W. Furnas describe in 1986. It allows, in a single stage, reconstruction of palatal defects. Surgical procedure of the temporal fasciosseous island flap is presented and then, advantages and inconveniences are discussed.