Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 646.—Operation for the relief of partial ectropion of the lower lip {modified fromNelaton and Ombredanne).—i and 2. The dark line indicates the incision. The lip isliberated and raised. AB is sutured to AC, being buttressed on the triangle of tissue flaps BDFK and CEHL are shifted inward and sutured. by means of a V-shaped incision of suiflcient width and the vermilionborder is restored to its proper position. (I have found over-correctionto be advisable in these cases.) The wound is then sutured so that itwill assume the shape of a s

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Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 646.—Operation for the relief of partial ectropion of the lower lip {modified fromNelaton and Ombredanne).—i and 2. The dark line indicates the incision. The lip isliberated and raised. AB is sutured to AC, being buttressed on the triangle of tissue flaps BDFK and CEHL are shifted inward and sutured. by means of a V-shaped incision of suiflcient width and the vermilionborder is restored to its proper position. (I have found over-correctionto be advisable in these cases.) The wound is then sutured so that itwill assume the shape of a shallow Y or T. Nelaton and Ombredanne use a much more complicated incision forthe same purpose which gives a fixed point on which the tissue to be

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