title: Rescue of lip switch flap at risk of necrosis due to venous congestion for cleft lip deformity.
abstract: In a 21-year-old male with bilateral cleft lip who developed marked venous congestion of a lip switch flap, we returned the grafted flap to the donor site to improve blood circulation of the flap and then re-transplanted it, which prevented flap necrosis. Here, we report the procedure and case.
authors: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors: Madoka
authors: M
authors: Sugiyama
authors: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors: Hideto
authors: H
authors: Saijo
authors: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors: Hoshi
authors: H
authors: Kazuto
authors: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Takato
keywords: Lip switch flap; cleft lip deformity; necrosis; venous congestion