The research progress of reconstruction of lip defect

VernacularTitle: 唇部缺损修复的研究进展
Author: Liping LIU ¹ ; Kaiyu NIE ; Wei CHEN ; Bo WANG ; Zairong WEI
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1. Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, China
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Lip; Defect; Reconstruction
From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2019;35(4):414-418
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Lips play an important role in maintaining facial aesthetics and individual physiological functions. There are many subunits of lip aesthetics, and the principles of repairing different subunits are different. At present, there are many method to repair lip defects, ranging from different types of local skin flaps to free skin flaps, but in general, functional repair and appearance recovery should be taken into account. This article reviews the main repair method of lip defect caused by acquired factors such as tumors and trauma.