Reconstruction of the lower lip

NEW APPLICATION FOR THE BITEMPORAL (VISOR) FLAP IN RECONSTRUCTION OF ADVANCED LOWER LIP CARCINOMA

Background: Lip carcinoma is a common cancer with a good prognosis and when patients refer early in the course of disease the results of treatment are acceptable. Surgical procedures for reconstruction of lip defects are the use of remaining lip tissue, tissue from the opposite lip, adjacent cheek tissue, distant flaps and microvascular free flaps. The bitemporal (visor) flap is a regional...

Lower Lip Reconstruction: Karapandzic Flap

DESCRIPTION The patient is a 61 year old man with a shave biopsy proven squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lower lip. Seven years ago, the patient underwent Moh's surgery for the same diagnosis on the lower lip. Patient reports that over the past 6 years the lesion has increased in size, has bled at intervals, and was not healing.

Absence of the Labiomental Groove: A Common but Preventable Unpleasant Aesthetic Problem of the Lower Lip-Chin Burn Reconstruction

Lip Reconstruction after Tumor Ablation

Approximately 25% of all oral cavity carcinomas involve the lips, and the primary management of these lesions is complete surgical resection. Loss of tissue in the lips after resection is treated with a variety of techniques, depending on the extension and location of the defect. Here we review highly accepted techniques of lip reconstruction and some of new trials with significant clinical ...

The split orbicularis myomucosal flap for lower lip reconstruction.

OBJECTIVES To describe the split orbicularis myomucosal flap and to review our center's experience with this technique for large defects of the lower lip. METHODS All patients presenting to the senior author (Y.D.) for lower lip reconstruction using this flap were reviewed in a retrospective fashion. RESULTS A total of 14 patients with a minimum follow-up of 6 months (mean, 3.4 years; range...