An improved design for vermilionectomy with a mucous-membrane advancement flap.
The author describes a modified mucous-membrane advancement flap for the repair of defects following the removal of premalignant actinic cheilitis or squamous cell carcinoma. The advantages of this modification over other techniques include a more broadly resurfaced lip bilaterally, and prevention of punctate scarring at the lateral oral commissures by use of a continuous mucous membrane in and around the commissures themselves.
Field
L M
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University of California, San Francisco.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*