title: [Application of the nasal lining flap to correct the wide unilateral complete cleft lip].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study use of nasal lining flap in correction of the wide complete unilateral cleft lip.
  
  
  METHODS
  78 patients with wide complete cleft lip were. operated, firstly to be sure. That the lip length on both sides was equal. Then the nasal lining flap was used to enhance the height of the lip on cleft side for keeping symmetry with the non-cleft side. The rest of procedures was the same as "Millard" method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  84.6 percent of patients had good appearance at one and half years after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is an effective way to take advantage of the nasal lining flap to correct the wide complete unilateral cleft lip.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shenyang Stomatology Hospital, Shenyang 110002, China.
authors.forename: Ai-qun
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bao-chun
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong-gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhen-kang
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang-he
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps