Bipedicled submental island flap for upper lip reconstruction.
A case of reconstruction of the upper lip with a bipedicled submental flap is described. Although the mobility of the flap was restricted, the arterial blood supply was abundant by altering the single-pedicled flap into a bipedicled flap. This flap is a good color and texture match to the face, and surpasses other flaps in reconstruction of the mustache or beard in male patients.
Kitazawa
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan.
Harashina
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Taira
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Takamatsu
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D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps