A pastiche for the cleft lip nose.
An approach to primary and secondary repair for the cleft lip nasal deformity is presented in a brief form. The approach borrows from a large number of sources, hence the use of the term "pastiche." The sources include Millard, McComb, Anderl, Mulliken, and Cutting; Gunther, Rohrich, and Tebbetts; and Burget and Menick. A single case from each of the following cleft categories is presented and discussed: primary complete unilateral cleft, primary incomplete asymmetric bilateral cleft, primary complete bilateral cleft, and a secondary bilateral cleft. A description of the treatment method, its rationale, and a discussion are given for each category. There are a great number of varieties of the cleft lip malformation, but the principles presented can be applied to all of them.
Wolfe
S Anthony
SA
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, and the Miami Children's Hospital, FL 33125, USA. awolfemd@bellsouth.net
D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*