Background: The Estlander flap is a technique utilising a lip switch flap to reconstruct large defects with a low risk of necrosis due to the abundant blood supply of the lip. This poses an alternative to the Abbe flap and is particularly effective for commissure defects. We present 2 cases demonstrating the success of the Estlander flap in the reconstruction of significant commissure defects.
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