Functional lower lip reconstruction with a forearm flap combined with a free gracilis muscle transfer

K Ueda; S Oba; K Ohtani; N Amano; Y Fumiyama

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.014

Functional lower lip reconstruction with a forearm flap combined with a free gracilis muscle transfer

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(8):867-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.014. Epub 2006 Mar 3.

Authors

K Ueda¹, S Oba, K Ohtani, N Amano, Y Fumiyama

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki city, Osaka 569-8686, Japan. pla007@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp

PMID: 16876087
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.014

Abstract

We applied a forearm flap combined with a gracilis muscle flap for total reconstruction of the lower lip. The motor nerve of the gracilis muscle was repaired to the buccal branch in the cheek. The patient obtained good sphincter function for eating and speaking, and he could inflate a balloon without air leakage.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / physiopathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Forearm / surgery*
Hemangioma / complications
Hemangioma / physiopathology
Hemangioma / surgery
Humans
Lip / physiopathology
Lip / surgery*
Lip Neoplasms / complications
Lip Neoplasms / physiopathology
Lip Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
Muscle, Skeletal / transplantation*
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Surgical Flaps*