title: Surgical repair of the isolated incomplete median cleft lip.
abstract: Median cleft lip refers to a vertical cleft on the midline of the upper lip. It is a rare congenital craniofacial anomaly brought about by a fusion failure in the medial nasal prominence. A novel surgical approach to median cleft lips and their repair is reported herein, with reference to a clinical case. The patient had a cleft in the lower half of the upper lip. There were no other craniofacial anomalies in this patient other than the cleft. Within the framework of the patient's surgical treatment, a functional and cosmetically satisfactory result was achieved by performing a V-Y advancement flap on the columella base, Z-plasty in the vermillion zone, and Z pattern muscular tissue repair, without having to resort to any tissue excisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pamukkale University Hospital, Denizli, Turkey. Electronic address: ademdr@mynet.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Topkara
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pamukkale University Hospital, Denizli, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Özkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pamukkale University Hospital, Denizli, Turkey.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Denizli Servergazi State Hospital, Denizli, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Öksüz
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
keywords: cleft lip; median cleft; midline cleft