{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Miao C"],"funding":["Department of Science and Technology Application Fundamental Project of Sichuan Province"],"pagination":["18699"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11319339"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The lip-splitting approach enables excellent access to all areas of the mouth and pharynx to remove tumors; however, traditional lower lip-splitting incisions produce an unsatisfactory scar. To achieve better functional and aesthetic results, we used a Z-shaped incision and compared the functional and aesthetic outcomes of the straight and Z-shaped incisions. Sixty patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups and underwent lip-splitting between March 2021 and September 2023. Eventually, 77 patients were reviewed within 6 months and evaluated using the lip function assessment scale, patient and observer scar assessment scale, naïve observer scar assessment scale, and a clinical examination. The Z-shaped incision group performed better in terms of the l"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Functional and aesthetic results of the Z-shaped and straight lower lip-splitting incision: a randomized clinical trial."],"pmcid":["PMC11319339"],"funding_grant_id":["2021YJ0129"],"pubmed_authors":["Zheng Y","Li C","Miao C","Bai L","Ma Z","Hong G","Li L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Functional and aesthetic results of the Z-shaped and straight lower lip-splitting incision: a randomized clinical trial.","description":"The lip-splitting approach enables excellent access to all areas of the mouth and pharynx to remove tumors; however, traditional lower lip-splitting incisions produce an unsatisfactory scar. To achieve better functional and aesthetic results, we used a Z-shaped incision and compared the functional and aesthetic outcomes of the straight and Z-shaped incisions. Sixty patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups and underwent lip-splitting between March 2021 and September 2023. Eventually, 77 patients were reviewed within 6 months and evaluated using the lip function assessment scale, patient and observer scar assessment scale, naïve observer scar assessment scale, and a clinical examination. The Z-shaped incision group performed better in terms of the l","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-19T11:17:20.57Z","creation":"2024-11-21T04:39:54.256Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11319339","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39134573"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-024-63983-z"]}}