[Labial sequels after uni- and bilateral cleft lip repair].
Children born with labial-alveolar-velopalatine clefts must be managed by multidisciplinary teams in order to decrease the frequency and the importance of sequels, by implementing a true therapeutic strategy. It is indeed easier to avoid a secondary deformation than to correct it. Labial sequels are often associated to nasal sequels, and are managed in a single surgical intervention, with total revision of the cheilorhinoplasty. Some less important labial deformities can be corrected without total and simultaneous revision of the lip-nose complex. The goal of correction is functional and aesthetic, and the choice of the moment depends mainly on the psychological impact of the deformation for the child, and his motivation for reoperation.
Centre labiopalatin Albert-de-Coninck, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 10, avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. vanwijck@chir.ucl.ac.be
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D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps