title: Muscle reconstruction in cleft lip repair.
abstract: This article presents a method of muscle reconstruction in the cleft lip patient that grossly reproduces the interlacing muscle anatomy in the central portion of the upper lip and thereby addresses both the static and the functional requirements of cleft lip repair. This lip repair procedure is combined with paranasal muscle reconstruction, preoperative nasoalveolar molding, and postoperative nasal stenting to constitute a comprehensive approach to cleft lip/nose repair.
authors.affiliation: J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Box 100286, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. seaglmb@surgery.ufl.edu
authors.forename: M Brent
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Seagle
authors.forename: Leonard T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Furlow
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D013524:Surgical Flaps