Lip Reduction Surgery for Port-wine Macrocheilia

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University60 enrolled

Overview

Patients with port-wine stains often develop macrocheilia, however, there is currently no effective treatment to significantly reduce the three-dimensional volume increase of the lips. This article presents a simplified "five-step" approach based on clinical experience, designed to assist inexperienced surgeons in performing this surgery effectively.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Port Wine Stains

Interventions

The Five-Step lip reduction surgeryPROCEDURE

The Five-Step lip reduction surgery: (1) measurement and design; (2) incision and reduction of lip volume; (3) fixation and shape of the dry lip; (4) fixation and shape of the skin (the SMISS approach); (5) shaping of the wet lip mucosa (the SMISS approach).

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with port-wine macrocheilia. 2. Patients that underwent lip reduction surgery. 3. Age at surgery: ≥3 years and ≤70 years. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients without port-wine macrocheilia. 2. Missing/incomplete baseline patient information. 3. Patients without postoperative photographs.

Locations (1)

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine

Shanghai, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the Visual Analog Scale

Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment in 6 months to one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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