Upper lip reconstruction: use of the free superficial temporal artery hair-bearing flap

Lyons, G.B.; Milroy, Barrie C.; Lendvay, Paul G.; L, Teston

doi:10.1016/0007-1226(89)90157-4

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“…The hair-bearing pedicle superficial temporal artery flap is commonly used for eye-brow and beard reconstruction [4] , [5] , [6] . Free superficial temporal artery flaps have also been utilized to reconstruct total upper lip defects [1] , [2] . Our report introduces the use of the pedicle flap in partial upper lip defects.…”

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Upper lip reconstruction using a pedicel superficial temporal artery flap

Al‐Qattan

Kattan

2018

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

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“…The hair-bearing superficial temporal artery free flap has been used in men for total upper lip reconstruction [1] , [2] . In this paper we present a case of a partial upper lip defect in a man that was reconstructed with a pedicle superficial temporal artery flap.…”

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Upper lip reconstruction using a pedicel superficial temporal artery flap

Al‐Qattan

Kattan

2018

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

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“…Free occipital hair-bearing flaps10 and free superficial temporal artery hair-bearing flaps11 were used in the reconstruction of the upper lip. The recipient vessels of these free flaps prefer the facial vessels in the angular and submandibular areas.…”

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Aesthetic Reconstruction of a Superficial Defect of the Upper Lip Using a Hairy Preauricular Free Flap

2014

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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Reconstruction of the upper lip requires symmetrical reconstruction of hairy male skin according to the aesthetic principle. A moderate defect of the upper lip had nonhairy skin on the upper one-third and hairy skin on the lower two-thirds in a Korean man. A hairy preauricular free flap is useful for correcting superficial-thickness skin defects of the upper lip, when local and regional flaps are not applicable. This flap was harvested from hairy posterior sideburn skin of the preauricular area including a vascular pedicle of superficial temporal artery and vein. The superficial temporal artery and vein were anastomosed with the facial artery and vein in the nasolabial fold area. The trapdoor marginal scar of this free flap required marginal scar revision and debulking twice during the postoperative course. A moderate partial-thickness defect of the upper lip in the male patient can be aesthetically restored using this free flap.

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“…1 However, in smaller perioral and oral defects, free flaps can be used as well-for example, a radial forearm flap for cheek and mucosal defects, 16,17 an iliac bone graft in maxilla reconstructions, 18 and a cutaneous temporalis flap for upper lip and cheek reconstructions. 6,19,20 Free flaps can also be used in nasal reconstructions. 14 We investigated the possibilities for using the facial artery and vein in the nasolabial fold as a receptor site in free flap reconstructions by examination of the course, length, and diameter of the facial vessels at this Figure 1 After incision of the nasolabial fold, the facial artery and vein are dissected.…”

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The Nasolabial Fold as Potential Vascular Receptor Site: An Anatomic Study

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Ruhé

Acosta

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J reconstr Microsurg

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Free and pedicled flaps are frequently used in reconstruction of the lower two-thirds of the face. For these reconstructions, the submandibular facial vessels are extensively used as a receptor site. In this anatomic study, we investigate if the facial vessels in the nasolabial fold can be used as a receptor site as well. In 13 human cadavers, the facial artery and vein were dissected in the nasolabial fold in the same way as would be done during surgery. The ease of dissection and length, diameter, and location of the vessels were analyzed. The average length of the dissected artery was 28 mm (+/-11 standard deviations [SD]) and of the dissected vein, 19 mm (+/-6 SD). The mean diameter of the artery was 1.5 mm (+/-0.4 SD) and 2.5 mm (+/-0.8 SD) for the vein. In 85% of the sides, both vessels were suitable to use as a microsurgical receptor site. The easy access and the measured diameter of the facial vessels in the nasolabial fold make it a potential site for microsurgical anastomosis.

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Upper lip reconstruction: use of the free superficial temporal artery hair-bearing flap

Cited by 34 publications

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Upper lip reconstruction using a pedicel superficial temporal artery flap

Upper lip reconstruction using a pedicel superficial temporal artery flap

Aesthetic Reconstruction of a Superficial Defect of the Upper Lip Using a Hairy Preauricular Free Flap

The Nasolabial Fold as Potential Vascular Receptor Site: An Anatomic Study

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