title: Our experience with lip reconstruction. A lesson from history.
abstract: The authors' philosophy in performing labial reconstruction has evolved from unsatisfactory results using classic procedures. Such results prompted attempts with procedures that are both more cosmetic and functional and that give greater emphasis to the restoration of the oral sphincter.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps