title: [Repair of upper lip defects with an island flap based on the inferior labial arterial arch].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Futian Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Shenzhen 518033, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xin-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Da-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: 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