[Repair of upper lip defects with an island flap based on the inferior labial arterial arch].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate one-stage repairing upper lip defects with an island flap based on the inferior labial arterial arch.


METHODS
An island flap pedicled with the inferior labial arterial arch was used to repair upper lip defects. The size of the wedge-shaped flap ranged from 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm to 1.5 cm x 2.0 cm. Since 1993, fifteen patients with upper lip defects have been treated with this method.


RESULTS
All the flaps survived with satisfactory function and appearance.


CONCLUSIONS
The island flap of the inferior labial arterial arch is effective and applicable in repairing severe secondary deformities of congenital bilateral cleft lips.
Huang
Hai-Bin
HB
Plastic Surgery Department, Futian Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Liang
Jian
J
Hao
Xin-Guang
XG
Liang
Jie
J
Yan
Da-Sheng
DS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D055815:Young Adult