Functional reconstruction using a depressor anguli oris musculocutaneous flap for large lower lip defects, especially for elderly patients |
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Authors: | Yotsuyanagi T Nihei Y Yokoi K Sawada Y |
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Affiliation: | Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Described here is a new technique to reconstruct large lower lip defects using one or two musculocutaneous island flaps, which includes an innervated depressor anguli oris muscle and has a facial artery in its pedicle. Vermilion is simultaneously reconstructed using a mucosal transposition flap. Three patients who had a total lower lip defect and five patients who had a defect larger than one-half of the lower lip were treated by our procedure. All the flaps survived completely without any signs of vascular stasis. In six patients, sphincter function and sensation appeared within 3 months after surgery. In one patient who needed a total lower lip reconstruction, the depressor anguli oris muscle was atrophic and the motor nerve could not be found. This patient could not regain motion. One other patient complained of a sialorrhea accompanied by sensory loss; however, his sensation improved within 6 months after surgery. All of the reconstructed lower lips were large enough to enable the patient to wear dentures and were of a cosmetically acceptable appearance 1 year after surgery. |
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