title: Para-alar crescentic subcutaneous pedicle flap for repair of skin defects in the philtrum.
abstract: Crescentic subcutaneous pedicle flaps prepared on the area lateral to the alar base were designed to cover the skin defects in and around the philtrum. In 1 patient a combination of the lateral lip advancement flap and the crescentic subcutaneous pedicle flap was applied to the skin defect on the lateral lip and philtrum. In another patient, a combination of two crescentic subcutaneous pedicle flaps was applied to the skin defect within the philtrum. Both methods have been successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*