[Orbicular muscular-mucous advancement flap for repairing the lower lip loss after lip cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To explore a new technique for the treatment of lower lip defect after carcinoectomy.


METHODS
Six lower lip defects (more than two third of the length of the lower lip) after the tumor resection were treated with an orbicular muscular-mucous advancement flap.


RESULTS
All of the patients had achieved good results functionally and cosmetically with the following-ups from 6 months to 3 years.


CONCLUSIONS
The above mentioned techique could be a simple, safe and effective method for repairing lower lip defect.
Ren
Sen-yang
SY
The Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo Medical College, Ningbo 315020, China.
Yang
Mao-lin
ML
Chen
Yan-min
YM
Chen
Wei-shi
WS
Hu
Zhu
Z
Ye
Ya-ping
YP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps