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Reconstruction of concomitant total loss of the upper and lower lips with a free vertical rectus abdominis flap
Author(s) -
Jallali Navid,
Malata Charles M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.20090
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , microsurgery , surgery , free flap , fulminant , rectus abdominis muscle , anatomy
Total loss of both lips is fortunately rare as reconstruction of such defects poses an enormous challenge. We present a case of concomitant loss of both lips as a result of fulminant pneumococcal septicemia, which was reconstructed with a free vertical rectus abdominis myocutantous flap due to lack of traditional donor sites. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery 25:118–120, 2005.