Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Craniofacial, cleft and paediatric plastic surgery
Abbe flap
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- AS/OB/CAD/LAB/SIM - assist, observe, cadaver, lab or simulator (NMC)
- Also called
- lip switch flap, philtral reconstruction
Videos and resources
- VideoLip Cancer Removal with Abbe Flap Reconstruction1:02
- VideoAbbe Flap8:25
- +66 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Demonstrate the Abbe flap for philtral reconstruction” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 14)
“Demonstrate the following flaps for lip reconstruction: i. Abbe” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 15)
“Flaps in Clefts-Abbe flap, Tongue flap, buccal flaps, free flaps etc.” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 10)