The research progress of reconstruction of lip defect / 中华整形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Lips play an important role in maintaining facial aesthetics and individual physiological functions. There are many subunits of lip aesthetics, and the principles of repairing different subunits are different. At present, there are many method to repair lip defects, ranging from different types of local skin flaps to free skin flaps, but in general, functional repair and appearance recovery should be taken into account. This article reviews the main repair method of lip defect caused by acquired factors such as tumors and trauma.