title: A method with three triangular flaps as a secondary operative procedure after reconstruction of the lower lip by Estlander's method.
abstract: We have devised a new method for secondary commissuroplasty after reconstruction of the lower lip using Estlander's method with both aesthetically and functionally satisfactory results. This method consists of forming two equilaterally triangular mucosal flaps on the vermilion and a small triangular skin flap in the new position of the commissure and transposing these three flaps to reconstruct the commissure. In the present paper, we reported the procedure and the results. This method produces extremely good results, obtaining favorable commissure form and reconstruction of the mucosa of both upper and lower lips without leaving an unnatural-looking color change in the mucosa or a step deformity in the vermilion. It can be expected that our method will improve the results of Estlander's operations after tumor resection in the lower lip.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ariga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*