Surgical treatment of angular cheilosis.
A surgical method to treat angular cheilosis is described, which does not react favourably to conservative methods. 17 operations have been performed on 13 patients. Successful results were obtained in 9 patients. 4 patients had to be reoperated, with improved results, except in 1 case with total relapse. The observation time varied from 1 to 6 years.
D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors