Lip defects are classified as partial thickness involving skin and muscle or full thickness
involving skin, muscle, and mucosa. Partial-thickness wounds less than onethird the width of …

Objective This study aimed to assess the functional and esthetic outcomes of a chimeric
innervated buccinator myomucosal-submental island flap (BMM-SIF) for large composite …

Background Facial features vary in size and proportions between different races. This study
aimed to measure the anthropometric variables of the labial region in Han Chinese young …

Plastic surgeons charged with reconstructing extensive perioral defects face dual
challenges of functional restoration and esthetic considerations. While forehead flaps are …

Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the lower lip. Environmental
factors such as ultraviolet light exposure, arsenic and smoking are contributing factors to the …

In the past, lip reconstruction after ablative surgery has been performed by primary closure
and more recently by free flap transfer technique. Cheek's skin flap has been used to …

The mucocutaneous line and the lip vermilion are important structures from an esthetic
standpoint but also in relation to the functionality of the mouth. In the literature, several types …

Lips constitute a fundamental role in facial apparatus as they are responsible for ensuring
functional movements besides contributing for phonation, deglutition or swallowing, oral …