title: Treatment of lower lip cancer: an experience of 48 cases.
abstract: The article reports results obtained in 48 cases of lower lip cancer. Tumor classified as T1 or T2, requiring a resection up to 60% of the lower lip, were treated with the stair-case technique. Nine patients were treated with the bilateral symmetrical stair-case technique since their lesions were located medially, while 23 were treated with the bilateral method using two asymmetrical flaps because their lesions were in paramedian position but larger than 2 cm. Ten patients required a unilateral flap. The cases classified as T3, in which the lesion required resection of more than 60% of the lip, were treated with the Bernard-Freeman-Fries technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy. cmfsalga@virgilio.it
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Salgarelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sartorelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cangiano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome