The bridge flap for reconstruction of a full-thickness defect of the upper lip.
We describe a repair that preserves the vermilion border of the upper lip, after a full-thickness excision of a tumor of the upper lip which did not require excision of this structure. A bridge flap technique was employed, similar to the Cutler-Beard technique of eyelid reconstruction.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous