title: Severe bilateral Tessier 3 clefts in a Uighur girl: the significance and surgical repair.
abstract: The Tessier 3 cleft is one of the rarest congenital craniofacial clefts, which often extends through the upper lip, the alar groove and the medial canthus. Only a few cases have been reported. There is no standardized method for the surgical treatment for this condition in the literature, and to obtain an acceptable outcome is difficult. A Uighur girl with severe bilateral Tessier 3 clefts and associated orofacial deformities is described here, and a novel protocol for clefts of this severity and rarity is presented. This study focuses particularly on describing the surgical procedures and techniques. Further treatments required for the cleft-associated deformities during later growth and developmental stages are also discussed in detail.
authors: Center for Cleft Lip and Palate, Department of Oral & Cranio-Maxillofacial Science, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, PR China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, PR China.
authors: Dandan
authors: D
authors: Wu
authors: Guomin
authors: G
authors: Wang
authors: Yusheng
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Teng
authors: T
authors: Wan
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bilateral Tessier 3 clefts; Further treatment; Severity; Surgical repair