title: Surgical repair for congenital macrostomia: vermilion square flap method.
abstract: Congenital macrostomia (transverse facial cleft) is a relatively rare anomaly. Surgical methods used to correct this anomaly include commissuroplasty, muscle-plasty of the orbicularis oris, and closure of the cleft cheek. The authors report a new vermilion square flap surgical technique that combines a lower lip mucocutaneous vermilion border flap with a lazy W-plasty to ensure a natural commissure and cheek skin closure. This technique was used in 8 patients with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takato
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Harii
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008265:Macrostomia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps