title: Total reconstruction of the upper lip after resection of a malignant melanoma.
abstract: The upper lip was totally reconstructed with a radial forearm sensory flap and vermilionplasty using medical tattooing after resection of a malignant melanoma. Three courses of chemotherapy (dacarbazine, nimustine, and vincristine) were given postoperatively. The reconstructed lip had good contour, colour, and sensory recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan. eguchi-ora@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps