Commissuroplasty and myoplasty for macrostomia.
The morphology of macrostomia and a method of myoplasty and commissuroplasty are described. The important operative considerations are accurate commissure positioning, muscle reconstruction, obliteration of the lateral subdermal groove, placement of a vermilion flap across the commissure, and Z-plasty of skin in the nasolabial crease.
D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008265:Macrostomia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications