Peri-alar skin excision and lip advancement in the closure of lip defects.
An upper lip reconstructive technique using advancement of the lateral part of the upper lip with excision of peri-alar skin has been resurrected and modified. It is useful when partial-thickness lip tissue is required in the nostril area and it replaces like tissue with like.
D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*