Reconstruction of large lower lip defects: A new method

Lower lip defects may be due to some congenital or acquired problems, such as congenital naevi, hemangiomas, tumors, traumas, or infectious disease. T he degree of substance loss may be skin, muscle, or mucose, or a combinatio n of one or all layers. In large defects of the lower lip, the challenge is to accomplish a result that meets the criteria of successful reconstructio n. We present 3 patients with large defects of the lower lip from tumor abl ation who underwent satisfactory reconstruction with a new method not previ ously descried in the English-language literature.