Abbe Flap for Upper Lip Reconstruction.

Introduction: Lips are complex structures that are part of the facial esthetics. Their integrity may be affected by congenital diseases, trauma, burns, and cancers, among other pathologies. The reconstruction of the upper lip subunit can be a challenge for the surgeon.

Tongue Flap for Management of Large Palatal Fistulas.

One of the worst complications after a primary palatoplasty is the lesion of the neurovascular bundle, results into a type of flap necrosis, having as a final consequence a residual palatine fistula.In our institution the authors usually use tongue flap to repair large fistulas.The authors retrospectively reviewed all patients with large palatal fistulas that were repaired with tongue flap at Fundacion Gantz between January 2002 and December 2020.

Mucomuscular Elastic Flap for Lower Lip Vermilion Reconstruction: Experience in a Series of Cases in Pediatric Patients.

The mucocutaneous line and the lip vermilion are important structures from an esthetic standpoint but also in relation to the functionality of the mouth. In the literature, several types of flaps have been described for reparation of labial defects in adults. In this study, the authors analyze results of surgical reconstruction of the lower lip in the pediatric population using unilateral or bilateral mucomuscular elastic flaps for labial reconstruction.

Protocol for outpatient management in cleft lip and palate repair.

Cleft lip is a common malformation in Chile. The standard care for cleft lip and palate repair is inpatient admission; this is mainly to observe complications and administer intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and analgesics. In our center, however, a strict selection of patients undergo ambulatory surgeries.

Simulation-Based Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshops: A Reproducible Model for Sustainable Education.

Objective: Evaluate simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshops as a reproducible model for education with sustained impact.

Design: Cross-sectional survey-based evaluation.

Setting: Simulation-based comprehensive cleft care workshop.

Persistent Nasal Infantile Hemangioma: A Surgical Treatment Algorithm.

Treatment of infantile hemangioma is usually medical. The nose is one of the most important aesthetic and functional units of the face; therefore, surgical management is preferred in persistent lesions (fibro-fatty tissue component) that do not respond to medical treatment. Herein, the authors analyze the results of surgical nasal hemangioma treatment in their center, a literature review and propose an algorithm for surgical management.

Pilomatrixomas presenting as vascular tumors on color Doppler ultrasound.

Diagnosis of pilomatrixomas may be difficult because they can mimic other clinical conditions. Color Doppler ultrasound had been proven useful in the study of localized lesions of the skin and can both define lesion morphology and determine blood flow changes in real time, and may thus help differentiate primary from secondary vascular skin lesions. We present 3 cases of pilomatrixomas that mimic vascular lesions of the skin on physical examination.

Liposuction and lipoinjection treatment for congenital and acquired lipodystrophies in children.

Background: The purpose of this clinical study was to establish liposuction and lipoinjection as a noncosmetic procedure in children to correct lipodystrophies.

Methods: Liposuction, fat injection, or a combination of both was performed on 30 patients between 1994 and 2006 at Roberto del Rio Hospital or Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile. Liposuction was indicated in patients with excessive amounts of fatty tissue or tumor-like swelling.

Nasal reconstruction with a forehead flap in children younger than 10 years of age.

Nasal reconstruction has been analyzed extensively in adults but not in children. The purpose of this article is to review the authors' experience with the forehead flap for nasal reconstruction in 10 children under the age of 10 during a 10-year period. Outcomes were assessed by an objective grading system for cosmetic surgical results.