Reconstruction of the lower lip after radical resection for cancer: the "Pharaoh technique".
For patients affected by far advanced lower lip cancer, with great local tumor destruction but few or no metastases, we advocate radical resection. Here we describe a method for these repairs, using two deltopectoral flaps. It produces a good functional result and satisfactory appearance. No recurrences have been observed in our 5 cases during a two-year follow-up.
D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous