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Secondary rhinoplasty using flying-bird and vestibular tornado incisions for unilateral cleft lip patients
Tokuzo Matsuya1, Seiji Iida, Mikihiko Kogo
1First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan.
Abstract:
To correct the nasal deformity in cleft lip patients, a new procedure of open rhinoplasty using a "flying-bird" incision in the nostril tip with a vestibule "tornado"-shaped incision in the cleft side is presented. The newly designed vestibular incision produces effective vestibular advancement with the freed lower lateral cartilage. The flying-bird incision makes it possible to produce a suitable nostril tip appearance with symmetrical external nostril vestibules. If the vestibular defect after flap advancement is wide, a full-thickness skin graft is used to give priority for making a good external nostril shape. This procedure is useful for most cleft lip noses, particularly in cases of moderate to severe deformity.
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