Upper lip reconstruction

Considerations

• • Anatomy 

  • Algorithm 

  • Cases

  • 1985: Upper and lower lip reconstruction using the step technique

  • 1986: Aesthetic restoration of one-half the upper lip

  • 1991: Partial-thickness wedge and advancement flap for upper lip repair

  • 1996: Repair of central upper lip (philtral) surgical defects with island pedicle flaps

  • 1997: Upper lip reconstruction with local island flap after neoplasm excision

  • 1997: Reconstruction of the upper lip with lip switch (Abbe flap reconstruction)

  • 2005: Upper Lip Reconstruction With the Alar Crescent Flap: A New Approach

  • 2006: Aesthetic upper lip reconstruction with vermilion submucosal-pedicle cross-lip flap

  • 2007: O to Z reconstruction of central upper lip defect

  • 2008: Crescentic complex closure of perialar upper lip defects

  • 2011: The transposition advancement flap for repair of postsurgical defects on the upper lip

  • 2011: Lip Reconstruction Peri-alar Crescentic Advancement Flap

  • 2012: Aesthetic reconstruction of a defect in the skin of the upper lip using a hatchet flap

  • 2012: Modified flap design for symmetric reconstruction of the apical triangle of the upper lip

  • 2012: Central upper lip reconstruction by two vermillion flaps and a rotational skin flap

  • 2013: Reconstruction of central upper lip defects with the subcutaneous pedicled nasolabial island flap: a single-stage alternative to Abbe flap in the elderly male

  • 2014: The Abbe Flap for Upper Lip Reconstruction

  • 2015: Total Reconstruction of the Upper Lip Using Bilateral Nasolabial Flaps, Submental Flap, and Mucosa Graft following Complete Resection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Review type articles

  • 1997: A regional approach to reconstruction of the upper lip

  • 2008: Lip Reconstruction

  • Specific technique

Preparation

Procedure

Sample operative report

Post-op

Pearls & Pitfalls

High-Yield

Links

• eMedicine - Lip Reconstruction Procedures

• UTMB - Lip Cancer and Reconstruction

• Missouri - Lip reconstruction 

• Anil Shah - Lip reconstruction

• YouTube (7:34) - Full upper lip reconstruction with bilateral nasolabial flaps in NOMA

• Plastic Surgery Key - Lip and cheek reconstruction

• Plastic Surgery Key - Cheek and lip reconstruction

• Flaps and Grafts in Dermatologic Surgery - Perioral reconstruction