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Bipedicled submental island flap for upper lip reconstruction
T Kitazawa1, T Harashina, H Taira
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|February 11, 1999
Abstract:
A case of reconstruction of the upper lip with a bipedicled submental flap is described. Although the mobility of the flap was restricted, the arterial blood supply was abundant by altering the single-pedicled flap into a bipedicled flap. This flap is a good color and texture match to the face, and surpasses other flaps in reconstruction of the mustache or beard in male patients.
