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Abbe Flap for Lip Reconstruction

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The Abbe flap is one of several reconstructive techniques for moderately sized lip defects of significant tissue loss. The Abbe flap is a “lip-switch” flap in which a portion of the uninvolved opposite lip is rotated across the mouth and into the defect of the involved lip with its preserved blood supply. In contrast to the Estlander flap, the Abbe flap is useful when defects of the lip do not involve the oral commissure.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Alexandrea H. Kim

  2. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Emre A. Vural

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  1. Otolaryngology-HNS, Southern Illinois University School of M, Springfield, IL, USA

    Brendan C. Stack Jr.

  2. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Mauricio A. Moreno

  3. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Jennings R. Boyette

  4. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Emre A. Vural

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Kim, A.H., Vural, E.A. (2023). Abbe Flap for Lip Reconstruction. In: Stack Jr., B.C., Moreno, M.A., Boyette, J.R., Vural, E.A. (eds) Matrix Head and Neck Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24981-5_71

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