Fig. 460
Cheiloplastic operation on lower lip. (Tillmanns.)
The other cheiloplastic operations upon the lips are those made necessary by excisions of malignant growths, or by deforming cicatrices such as follow burns, syphilitic lesions, and the like.
Fig. 461
Fig. 462
Estlander’s cheiloplastic operation.
[Fig. 460] illustrates one method of filling a defect of the lower lip, while [Figs. 461] and [462] indicate a method of bringing down a flap from the upper lip for the same purpose.