Hemiphiltrum rotated flap.
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.
Velasco
Victor Salinas
VS
Service of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Pedro de Alcantara Hospital, Caceres, Spain.
Martínez
Sergio Alonso
SA
Díez
Miguel Estefanía
ME
Peña
David Alonso
DA
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