Reconstruction of incompetent oral commissures with dermal-muscle flaps from the lips: case report.
We present a case in which troublesome postoperative drooling at the commissures was corrected by a local muscle reconstruction and interdigitation to recreate the normal muscular forces at the angles. The possible application of this technique to other areas is suggested.
D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008865:Microstomia / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous