The full-thickness tissue loss of the lip leads to the loss of lip continuity. The classic principle is to repair a lip with a lip, giving the best results. Although the size of tissue lost can force to use local flaps, these could be naso-labio-jugal, labio-mental or submental. Even though the microsurgical labial replantation is the technique of choice, unfortunately, most of the time it cannot be done as a result of the situation and the conservation of the avulsed fragment.
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