Cleft lip nose surgery.
On the basis of over 3,600 cases the surgical repair of primary and secondary nose deformities in cleft patients is discussed. The value of the modified Millard method in the management of unilateral nose deformities and the author's own approach to primary columella elongation in bilateral cleft are presented. The various methods of secondary rhinoplasties in typical and rare clefts are also discussed on the basis of numerous examples.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps