Rescue of lip switch flap at risk of necrosis due to venous congestion for cleft lip deformity
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In a 21-year-old male with bilateral cleft lip who developed marked venous congestion of a lip switch flap, we returned the grafted flap to the donor site to improve blood circulation of the flap and then re-transplanted it, which prevented flap necrosis. Here, we report the procedure and case.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016