Forearm free skin flap to repair the whole defect of the lip / 临床外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To sum up transplantation of forearm skin flap to repair the whole defect of the lip.Method Forearm free skin flap was used to repair the whole defect of the lip in 5 cases. Results The treatment was completed in one stage and the results were satisfactory in 5 cases.And the reconstructed lip showed good shape.Conclusions Forearm skin flap has many strong points:the skin flap has big area and wide blood vessel diameter.It is successed easy to be identical,operation can be completed once, and don't suffered harm to face or neighbour supply area.The skin flap has safe grain,more thinner, good springy and similar colour.It plays an important role in the repairs of the whole defect of the lip with nearby skin soft tissue defect.