Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . -i inch) thick, is raised. The free end should be close to the vermi-lion line of the upper lip, and the base opposite the cusp of the secondupper molar tooth. Then with a curved clamp a tunnel is burrowedbetween the skin and the masseter muscle, the clamp is passed over theanterior border of the masseter, punctures the buccinator, and enters SURGERY OF THE CHEEK 595 the mouth just in front of the base of the pedunculated mucous mem-brane flap. The flap is then drawn through this tunnel, and its tipis sutured into the incision in the parotid fasci


Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . -i inch) thick, is raised. The free end should be close to the vermi-lion line of the upper lip, and the base opposite the cusp of the secondupper molar tooth. Then with a curved clamp a tunnel is burrowedbetween the skin and the masseter muscle, the clamp is passed over theanterior border of the masseter, punctures the buccinator, and enters SURGERY OF THE CHEEK 595 the mouth just in front of the base of the pedunculated mucous mem-brane flap. The flap is then drawn through this tunnel, and its tipis sutured into the incision in the parotid fascia with a moditiedLembert suture of No. o, lo-day chromic catgut, which pulls it in. P ^^tu,.


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