[Full thickness defects of the lips. Reconstructive techniques and indications].
The full-thickness tissue loss of the lip leads to the loss of lip continuity. The classic principle is to repair a lip with a lip, giving the best results. Although the size of tissue lost can force to use local flaps, these could be naso-labio-jugal, labio-mental or submental. Even though the microsurgical labial replantation is the technique of choice, unfortunately, most of the time it cannot be done as a result of the situation and the conservation of the avulsed fragment.
Stricker
M
M
Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et plastique de la face, CHU Nancy, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 54000 Nancy, France.
Simon
E
E
Duroure
F
F
D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps