Abstract
Gillies fan flap for lower lip reconstruction – case report
Highlights
Lips have important aesthetic and functional roles in the human body
First lip reconstruction was performed in 25 AD by a Roman surgeon who made relaxing incisions in the cheek to close defect of the lower lip [1]
Modern surgical technics of lip reconstruction were developed in the mid-1800s, and basics principles have not changed significantly since [2, 3]
Summary
Lips have important aesthetic and functional roles in the human body. First lip reconstruction was performed in 25 AD by a Roman surgeon who made relaxing incisions in the cheek to close defect of the lower lip [1]. According to the National Cancer Registry, in Poland lips carcinomas are rare tumors, in men observed in 0.5% of cases and in women population in 0.1% of cases. The incidence of lip carcinoma in 2010 amounted to 420, of whom 318 in men and 92 in women. In Poland the incidence in men is about 5 times higher than in women. Most cancers lip occurs in the seventh-eighth decade of life and the risk of this cancer increases with age in both sexes. The number of deaths from lip carcinoma reported in 2010 to the National Cancer Registry in Poland was 105, of which 81 in men and 24 in women. Most deaths from lip cancer occurs in the eighth decade of life and the risk of death due to this carcinoma increases with age in both sexes
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