title: A retrospective evaluation of the aesthetics of the nasolabial complex after unilateral cleft lip repair using the Tennison-Randall technique: a study of 44 cases treated in a single cleft center.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Among numerous techniques that have been described for lip repair, the Tennison-Randall method has gained popularity over time and is preferred by many surgeons due to the predictability of the outcome. This study aims to evaluate the esthetic outcome reached in the nasolabial region following primary lip repair with the use of this method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-four patients with unilateral cleft lip (with or without alveolar cleft) were assessed retrospectively through a photographic evaluation by two clinicians with regard to the aesthetics of the lip and nose separately as anatomical subunits as well as of the nasolabial region as an anatomical complex. The collected data were statistically analyzed with regard to the cleft subtype and the performance of corrective surgeries for the lip and/or the nose.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The method was associated with good results, especially when it comes to the appearance of the nose as an anatomical subunit, as well as of the nasolabial region as a complex, regarding cleft lip patients without an alveolar cleft.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Tennison-Randall technique proved to be a very satisfying method in terms of the esthetic long-term outcome in our patient collective.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam), University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oestliche Stadtmauerstrasse 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: Christos.Iliopoulos@uk-erlangen.de.
authors: Christos
authors: C
authors: Iliopoulos
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam), University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oestliche Stadtmauerstrasse 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Mitsimponas
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam), University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oestliche Stadtmauerstrasse 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Dimitra
authors: D
authors: Lazaridou
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam), University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oestliche Stadtmauerstrasse 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Friedrich Wilhelm
authors: FW
authors: Neukam
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam), University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oestliche Stadtmauerstrasse 27, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
authors: Florian
authors: F
authors: Stelzle
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities; D000543:Alveoloplasty / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D055171:Nasal Cartilages / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Esthetic outcome; Tennison–Randall; Unilateral cleft lip