[Application of the nasal lining flap to correct the wide unilateral complete cleft lip].
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.
Li
Ai-qun
AQ
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shenyang Stomatology Hospital, Shenyang 110002, China.
Liu
Bao-chun
BC
Sun
Yong-gang
YG
Zhang
Zhen-kang
ZK
Wang
Guang-he
GH
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps