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Ivo P. Janecka, MD
Pittsburgh, Pa

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994;120(6):676.

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I am writing to you regarding an article by Catalano and Biller that appeared in the ARCHIVES.¹

The authors' claim to originality is not supported by the literature as similar procedures have already been described.^2,3 For example, the descriptive similarities to our facial translocation² procedure are too numerous to list, so a graphic comparison may suffice (Figure).

It is true that the original facial translocation was described as a separate soft-tissue and bone dissection above the palate but subsequent publications have included the palate as well as bone and soft tissue as a single flap (each hemipalate [still attached to its vascular pedicle] is then rotated laterally and retracted).⁴

Also, a study by Wei et al³ looks similar to the authors' article.¹

Similarity of incisions and exposures. Top left, top part of figure, A and B are points at which the incisional notch is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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