title: Reconstruction of concomitant total loss of the upper and lower lips with a free vertical rectus abdominis flap.
abstract: Total loss of both lips is fortunately rare as reconstruction of such defects poses an enormous challenge. We present a case of concomitant loss of both lips as a result of fulminant pneumococcal septicemia, which was reconstructed with a free vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap due to lack of traditional donor sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Addenbrooke's University Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Navid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jallali
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Malata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008046:Lip / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps