title: Soft tissue expansion in the management of the rare craniofacial clefts.
abstract: Management of the rare craniofacial clefts requires correction of both the soft tissue and skeletal hypoplasia. Tissue expansion of adjacent and distant soft tissue has been used to reconstruct these facial clefts with like quality tissue. Additionally, such soft tissue expansion permits tension free reconstruction of the skeletal clefts by osteotomy and bone graft.
authors.affiliation: Australian Cranio-Facial Unit, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Trott
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities; D010027:Osteotomy; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*