title: [Clinical analysis of surgical repair in 21 cases of transverse facial cleft].
abstract: The paper introduced 6 surgical procedures for repairing the transverse facial cleft. To assess the advantages and disadvantages of these procedures, the observation and comparison about the postoperative long-term results were made. A new method called lower lip triangular flap method which was designed by the author was introduced in details. The selection of these surgical procedures and the essential parts of the operation were also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, 2nd Hospital, China Medical University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods