An approach to the late effects of oral commissure injuries.
This article describes the treatment of the late effects of oral commissure scarring, especially after electrical cord injuries. The combination of mucosal advancement flaps plus split vermilion grafts and full-thickness preauricular skin grafts are used and illustrated in two patients. These methods have yielded satisfactory results in six patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries; D016038:Skin Transplantation