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A case of a 63 year old woman with microstomia caused by accidental swallowing of a chemical substance when she was a child is presented. The small mouth opening didn´t let her smile or receive dental services and decreased her life quality. She is remitted to Plastic Surgery Service, where an excision of scar contracture with W-plasty and bilateral commisuroplasty were made, improving oral opening from 2.5 to 4.8 cm and providing a better social environment and life quality.

Nora Beatriz Sánchez, Universidad del Valle

Profesora Auxiliar, Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Departamento de Cirugía, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Sánchez, N. B. (2008). Comisuroplasty in a patient with microstomia caused by oral burn. Colombia Medica, 39(1 Supl 1), 64–67. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v39i1 Supl 1.566

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