[Lateral columella base-labrum transposition flap for repairing mild unilateral eclabium deformity of upper lip].
OBJECTIVE
To study the feasibility of repairing the mild unilateral eclabium deformity of the upper lip with the lateral columella base-labrum transposition flap.


METHODS
From March 2006 to March 2008, 8 patients with mild unilateral eclabium of the upper lip were repaired with the lateral columella base-labrum transposition flap. There were 4 males and 4 females, aging 18-51 years. There were 5 at left sides and 3 at right sides. All mild unilateral eclabium were attributed to the contracture of scar after trauma. The disease course was 1 to 5 years (average 2.5 years). The size of the transposition flaps ranged from 1.5 cm x 1.4 cm to 1.6 cm x 1.5 cm.


RESULTS
All the flaps survived and incision healed by first intention. The eclabiun deformity was corrected. The postoperative follow-up period was 3-18 months with an average of 9.9 months. All the patients remained just soft linear scars without hyperplasia. The nostril and columella hardly changed compared with the postoperative immediate view.


CONCLUSIONS
The mild unilateral eclabium deformity of upper lip repairing with lateral columella base-labrum transposition flap is an easy, minimally invasive and nearly no secondary malformation method.
Department of Plastic Surgery, the First Clinical College of Jilin University, Changchun Jilin, 130021, PR China.
Quan
Q
Lin
Laijin
L
Lu
Duo
D
Zhang
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D055815:Young Adult