title: Repair of bilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate. Part 2: Concomitant lip closure and columella lengthening after lip adhesion.
abstract: Lip repair and synchronous columella lengthening in bilateral clefts of the lip, alveolus and palate following lip adhesion according to the method outlined in Part 1 is described in this part of the paper. Together with lip and nose repair the gingivo-periosteoplasty can also be performed when the alveolar process is perfectly aligned and the greater and lesser segments abutt onto each other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillo-Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany. k.bitter@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bitter
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005893:Gingivoplasty; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps