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Closure of Recurrent Oro-Antral Fistula: Khalifah's Flap

Novel (Khalifah's Fingers) Flap, Bottle Shoulder Flap, and Conventional Buccal Advancement Flap for Closure of Recurrent Oro-Antral Fistula: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20250731002
Enrollment
93
Registered
2025-07-31
Start date
2020-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Oroantral fistula Oroantral fistula

Interventions

A conventional buccal advancement flap was recruited to cover the OAF.,A bottle shoulder flap was recruited to cover the OAF.,Khalifah&#039
s Fingers Flap was employed to cover the OAF.
Conventional buccal advancement flap,Bottle Shoulder flap,Khalifah&#039
s Fingers flap

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria included patients diagnosed with OAF recurred twice, at least and of any size.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included patients with any systemic condition that affects healing, such as diabetes mellitus, malignancies, blood dyscrasias, immune diseases, previous or concurrent radiotherapy or chemotherapy, etc. Moreover, patients with history of sinus surgery, proven fungal sinusitis, or who had OAF subsequent to a malignancy or malignancy resection or fugal disease such as mucormycosis.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Recurrence 6 months Yes or No

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Vestibular depth 6 months milli meter,Duration of the procedures intraoperative minutes

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactMosaad Khalifah

Kafrelsheikh University

mosaadkhalifah@ymail.com00201008603084

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026