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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2000;2:74.

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ROBERT ABBE, MD (1851-1958) (Figure 1) is best known for the lip switch flap that he described in 1898. For many years, Abbe had been interested in the surgical correction of cleft lip and cleft palate deformities (Figure 2).¹ In 1894, he published a detailed description of his surgical approach to correct facial clefts. Abbe advocated the use of either the Mirault or Hagedorn procedure for unilateral cleft lip. He recognized the importance of cheiloplasty in the construction of the labial tubercle and placement of the philtral dimple in the midline.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Robert Abbe, MD (1851-1958).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 2. As per Abbe's operative note: "A flap taken from the central portion of the lower lip, a little wider than the upper gap, was then made, in such a way as to make a hinge upon one side containing the lower branch of the coronary artery on . . . [Full Text of this Article]