Early repair for infants with cleft lip and nose.
OBJECTIVE
To study the results 10 years after early surgical cleft lip and nose repair.


METHODS
We present the outcome of 123 early cleft lip repairs whose condition was managed in a multidisciplinary team according to a strict protocol. We give the observation results of operations of a single surgeon's neonatal surgery over a 10-year period in term of aesthetic assessments and dental arch relationships. One hundred and twenty-three patients were operated on during the first 4 weeks of life; a subgroup of 40 child had been operated on at a week or less of age.


RESULTS
The results show good aesthetic assessments and dental relationships, with facial growth appropriate for the age.


CONCLUSIONS
We are currently encouraging early cleft lip and nose repair in the full-term baby as the good method of management of newborns with cleft.
McHeik
Jiad N
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Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Cité Hospitalière de La Milétrie, Hôpital Jean-Bernard B.P. 577, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France. yuen_a@yahoo.com.sg
Sfalli
Pierre
P
Bondonny
Jean M
JM
Levard
Guillaume
G
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome