title: Muscle reconstruction in primary cleft lip surgery.
abstract: Skeletal maldevelopment in the mid-face in the case of cleft lip and palate is caused by an inadequate surgical reconstruction of the paranasal muscles. This results in deficient functional stimulus to the desmal osteogenesis at the mid-face sutures. Early reconstruction of these muscles can prevent secondary skeletal maldevelopment.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Freiburg, West-Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Joos
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps