Stricker M, Simon E, Duroure F
Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et plastique de la face, CHU Nancy, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 54000 Nancy, France.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2002 Oct;47(5):449-78. doi: 10.1016/s0294-1260(02)00146-2.
The full-thickness tissue loss of the lip leads to the loss of lip continuity. The classic principle is to repair a lip with a lip, giving the best results. Although the size of tissue lost can force to use local flaps, these could be naso-labio-jugal, labio-mental or submental. Even though the microsurgical labial replantation is the technique of choice, unfortunately, most of the time it cannot be done as a result of the situation and the conservation of the avulsed fragment.