[Bilobate flap applied to the treatment of secondary deformity after cheiloplasty].
Secondary deformity after cheiloplasty was common and 7 cases (4 males, 3 females) were reconstructed with bilobate flap. The patients' age ranged from 16 to 30. Five of them with single cleftlip. The deformity of them included loose and shortening of the upperlip, scar, vermilion pitting, too large nostril etc. Lateral tissue of cleftlip was used to construct the bilobate flap which was applied to repairing secondary deformity after cheiloplasty. The method was matched with the principle of anatomy, and the effects were satisfactory.
Long
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Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps