TITLE:
When the Combination of a Chinese Flap and Dufourmentel Makes It Possible to Treat a Hopeless Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Lip
AUTHORS:
Silly Toure, Abibou Ndiaye, Mouhamadou Makhtar Ndiaye, Mamadou Coume, Mame Sanou Diouf, Baye Karim Diallo
KEYWORDS:
Surgical Flap, Reconstruction, Aesthetic, Lip Cancer-Plastic Surgery
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.14 No.7,
July
9,
2024
ABSTRACT: Cancers of the lip are the leading cause of labial defects, and treatment is essentially surgical. The success of a repair is assessed by two essential criteria: The functional character of the lip (restoration of continence allowing feeding) and the aesthetic quality of the repair. However, for many patients from countries whose medical infrastructure does not allow them to undertake complex reconstructions locally, medical transfers represent their only chance of treatment. The aim of this article is to share with you an extreme clinical case of labial reconstruction, the management of which was a real challenge, using two major flaps: the free ante-brachial flap and the DUFOURMENTEL-type bi-pediculated scalp flap.