Abbe flap for Correction of Short Upper Lip and Nasal Deformity

The patient was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate deformity, which was surgically addressed during his infancy. He is now left with a residual deformity of his nose and upper lip. There was also deficiency of mustache growth in the region affected by the surgical scars on his upper lip. He desires for correction of his flat nose with collapsed columella and stunted prolabium with a short upper lip.

The prolabium was dissected and used to reconstruct the collapsed columella and raise his flat nose. The resultant upper lip defect was reconstructed with an Abbe flap harvested from the lower lip. There was good growth of mustache in his three month postoperative visit.

The patient was very happy with the esthetic and functional results of his surgical correction.