Glossary of Terms in Otolaryngology

Abbe Flap

  • The Abbe flap is a lip switch rotational flap used to reconstruct full-thickness defects of the lip. 1
    • Unlike an Estlander flap, an Abbe flap does not involve the oral commissure.
    • Generally used to reconstruct full thickness defects involving 1/2 to 2/3 of the upper or lower lip, which do not involve the oral commissure.2

Abbe Flap

  1. Bailey, B. J., Johnson, J. T., & Rosen, C. A. (2014). Chapter 116 – Lip Cancer. In Bailey’s Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams et Wilkins. ↩

  2. Baker, Shan R., and Charles J. Krause. “Pedicle flaps in reconstruction of the lip.” Facial Plastic Surgery 1.01 (1983): 61-68. ↩

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