China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2019, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (5): 391-396.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2019.05.002

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Treatment protocols for lip defects based on local flap reconstruction: Chinese expert consensus

LIU Jian-hua1, ZHANG Zhi-yuan2, SHI Bing3, GUO Chuan-bin4, SUN Jian2, WANG Hui-ming5, SUN Chang-fu6, ZHENG Qian3   

  1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province;
    2. Department of Oromaxillofacial Head and Neck Oncology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Shanghai 200011;
    3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University. Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province;
    4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University. Beijing 100081;
    5. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang Province;
    6. Department of Oromaxillofacial Head and Neck Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University. Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2019-04-15 Online:2019-09-20 Published:2020-03-11

Abstract: Lip defect, in addition to cause facial appearance deficiency, often causes facial dysfunction, such as eating inconvenience, language incompetence, difficulty in chewing, slobbering, etc., which brings great pain and financial burden to the patients. Lip defect generally refers to a full-thickness composite tissue defect, which can be caused by congenital disease, inflammation, trauma, or tumor. Lip malignancy is the major cause of lip defect after tumor resection. However, the surgical level of repair technique after lip cancer resection is uneven, and lack of uniform standards to classify the different defect degree. Meanwhile, the confusion of treatment protocol results in postoperative deficiencies of lip shape and function, in other words, increases the patient's economic burden. Therefore, in order to standardize the diagnosis and treatment techniques for lip defect, to improve the therapeutic effect, as well as to reduce the waste of medical resources, it is urgent to work out expert consensus on lip restoration and reconstruction.

Key words: Lip defect, Lip tumor, Lip deformity, Reconstruction, Expert consensus

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