Radical muscle mobilisation in the surgical repair of a unilateral cleft lip: a follow up report.
This is a follow-up report on an earlier paper (Thatte, 1981) in which the idea of radical mobilisation of the orbicularis oris muscle in the treatment of unilateral cleft lip was presented. This paper includes eight late post-operative photographs of cases with unilateral cleft lip treated by radical mobilisation of muscle and suture without any recourse to incisions in the philtral area to gain height on the non-cleft side. Legends for the post-operative photographs describe our assessment of the results. Observations made while operating on these cases are noted. A discussion is included to view the manoeuvre of mobilisation of muscle against the background of existing methods of treatment of unilateral cleft lip. A postscript is added.
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods