Volume 25, Number 1, 25-28, DOI: 10.1007/s002660010089

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Lip Reconstruction of Comparatively Large Defect Including the Commissure Using Remaining Lip Tissue: A Modification of Reconstructed Method

Mitsuo Hatoko, Hideyuki Tada, Masamitsu Kuwahara, Aya Tanaka, Satoshi Yurugi and Kumi Mashiba

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Abstract

We present two reconstructed cases after malignant skin tumor of comparatively large defects of lip including the commissure using remaining lip tissue alone. After resecting a tumor including wedge-shaped full-thickness lip tissue, a full thickness oblique incision is made at the site 5 mm distant from the contralateral commissure. The rhomboid-shaped lower lip flap is created, transposed to the defect, and sutured with the defect margin, including the upper lip, to reconstruct the commissure. The cross lip flap is created at the contralateral side of the lower lip, 5 mm from the commissure, and the defect is closed with the crosslip flap. Although our method is applicable only to selected cases, we believe that it is useful in terms of maintaining symmetry of the lip and function of the commissure in the reconstruction of comparatively large defects including the commissure.

Key words: Lip reconstruction—Commissure—Lip flap.

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