title: Total reconstruction of upper lip and columella with bipedicled depressor anguli oris island musculocutaneous flap.
abstract: The authors present the case report of a patient exhibiting upper lip deformity and total columella loss with cosmetic and functional impairment as a result of multiple previous facial carcinomata resections. Repair was achieved with bipedicled depressor anguli oris musculocutaneous island flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabino Neto
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: de Castilho
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps