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Total loss of upper and lower lips: challenges in reconstruction
1Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|January 9, 1999
Abstract:
A 2-year-old girl lost both lips after an aggressive attack of noma (gangrenous stomatitis). After an unsuccessful attempt to reconstruct her upper lip, a bipedicled chin flap was used to reconstruct both lips. The cosmetic result was good and the functional result was acceptable.