title: Hemiphiltrum rotated flap.
abstract: In three patients of different ages, large resections of the philtrum have been repaired by rotating island flaps from the residual philtrum, leaving inconspicuous scars and no contour deformity. The rotated hemiphiltrum flap described here is an easy and safe procedure performed with local anesthesia that may be an effective cosmetic and functional repair of selected difficult surgical defects of the central upper lip involving the philtrum.
authors.affiliation: Service of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Pedro de Alcantara Hospital, Caceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Victor Salinas
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: Sergio Alonso
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Miguel Estefanía
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Díez
authors.forename: David Alonso
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome