title: Standardisation of cleft care--a technique for creating a three-dimensional model of the cleft lip, palate and nose.
abstract: The Royal College of Surgeons Cleft Steering Group and the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland have recommended that, for patients with a cleft of the lip and/or palate, a model is made of the deformity before primary surgery. This provides a record for audit and can be used to compare the results of treatment. There is no standardisation in the way in which a model of the cleft deformity is made, which makes inter-unit comparison difficult. In this paper, we describe our technique for making a composite model of the cleft palate, lip and nose. This method is adaptable and quick to perform, and the models are easy to store.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK. jjstaiano@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Staiano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gravenor
authors.forename: M A P
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Milling
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012828:Silicones; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; C020964:MDX 4-4210; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012828:Silicones; C031243:OV-225