PMID: 15354488Sep 10, 2004Paper

Reconstruction of the lower lip

Folia medica
E L Sarachev

Abstract

There are studies reporting the functional advantages of radiotherapy against surgical treatment. Because of this we decided to substantiate the surgical treatment as a method of choice in the reconstruction of defects of lower lip after cancer resection. The author has developed a modification of the method of Bernard for reconstruction of defects of the lower lip after cancer resection. A horizontal incision is made from the angle of the mouth to the cheek, and at the end of the incision a triangle of Burov is cut. After the resection of the tumour, from the lower edge of the defect (the transitional fold), a second incision is done with orientation to the submandibular area at the end of which a second triangle of Burov is cut. The incision takes into consideration the direction of skin folds for achieving better esthetic effect. This refined method was applied in 14 patients with lower lip carcinoma, 7 of them with unilateral flaps and 7- with bilateral flaps from 1994 to 1999. The functional and esthetic results of the modified method for lower lip reconstruction are better because they lead to better mobility, symmetry of the reconstructed lower lip and optimal wideness of the mouth and the sensitivity is preserved. A mat...Continue Reading

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