[Analysis of unilateral complete cleft lip repaired with skin-vermilion flap method].
OBJECTIVE
To introduce the skin-vermilion flap method repairing unilateral cleft lip and analyze the curative effect.


METHODS
We repaired 45 cases with unilateral complete cleft lip by designing a skin-vermilion triangle flap in affected lateral lip to reconstruct the vermilion tubercle, solution, resetting and fixing orbicularis oris muscle, columella nasi and lateral angle of alae nasi, constructing basis nasi, and forming agger nasi between April and December of 2008.


RESULTS
All the cases obtained primitively satisfactory effect. The average of follow-up was 3.5 months (rang from 1 to 6 months). All the patients presented obvious agger nasi, good contour of vermilion tubercle and chubby basis nasi. their high-lip, alae nasi and vermilion border were symmetrical between affected and unaffected lateral lip.


CONCLUSIONS
Simple design, less expected tissue dose, little scar and good contour of vermilion tubercle are the characteristic of unilateral complete cleft lip cheiloplasty repaired with skin-vermilion flap method.
Department of Plastic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China.
Hai-Sheng
HS
Yu
Qiang
Q
Wei
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps