Multi-stage augmentation of a narrow lip by the V-Y advancement.
The author describes in the present article a possible surgical procedure using multistage V-Y shift for the correction of narrow lips. His work is based on long-lasting experience assembled during surgery of facial clefts and corrections of post-traumatic conditions. He emphasizes some advantages of the described procedures and the importance of carefully selected indications for its application.
Department of Plastic Surgery, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University and Faculty Hospital Bulovka, Institute for Postgraduate Medical Training, Prague, Czech Republic. mestakj@fnb.cz
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D003357:Cosmetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps