Modern tenets for repair of bilateral cleft lip

Alexander C Allori; Jeffrey R Marcus

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2014.01.003

Modern tenets for repair of bilateral cleft lip

Clin Plast Surg. 2014 Apr;41(2):179-88. doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2014.01.003.

Authors

Alexander C Allori¹, Jeffrey R Marcus²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial & Oral Surgery, Duke Cleft and Craniofacial Center, Duke Children's Hospital, 200 Trent Drive, Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
² Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial & Oral Surgery, Duke Cleft and Craniofacial Center, Duke Children's Hospital, 200 Trent Drive, Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: jeffrey.marcus@duke.edu.

PMID: 24607187
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2014.01.003

Abstract

The understanding of the bilateral cleft lip and associated nasal deformity has evolved over the last 30 years to a point where there now exists general agreement regarding the goals, principles, and strategies for operative repair. This article presents modern tenets for repair of bilateral cleft lip and describes a logical approach to correction of the different possible subtypes.

Keywords: Bilateral cleft lip; Cleft lip nasal deformity.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cleft Lip / surgery*
Esthetics
Facial Asymmetry / congenital
Facial Asymmetry / surgery
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maxillofacial Development
Nose / abnormalities*
Nose / surgery
Oral Surgical Procedures / methods*
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*