[Individual repair technique of microform cleft lip: state of art].
OBJECTIVE
To explore an technique to repair the microform cleft lip (MCL).


METHODS
The individual method was used to repair the MCL, a contrastive research was carried to analyzed the result.


RESULTS
It was found that the form of the cupid's bow was good, and the configure of the upper lip was reconstructed. The deficit of the orbicularis muscle was overcame and the function was satisfying by this procedure. Symmetry was recovered.


CONCLUSIONS
Individual technique is an available method to repair the microform cleft lip. Furthermore, this technique is also promising to repair the other kinds of cleft lip.
Li
Sheng
S
West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu.
Shi
Bing
B
Zheng
Qian
Q
Lu
Yong
Y
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*