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Endoscopic Septoplasty with Limited Two-line Resection: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Septal Deviation
Published on: June 20, 2018
[Cleft lip nasal deformity corrected by an alar flap and the alar cartilage sling method]
Fei Fan1, Guo-bin Cai, Chun-mei Wang
1Department of Center 3, Plastic Surgery Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100041, China. FanFei@public.bta.net.cn
Objective:
To search an effective method to correct the secondary nasal deformity.
Methods:
The "spilth" tissue asymmetry to the another side on the cleft side alar is formed as a flap, which is used to drive up or reconstruct the nostril base (sill), readjust nostril size and shape. The cleft side alar cartilage lateral foot is disassociated, replaced and fixed into the normal place.
Results:
Nineteen patients were received this operation, their nasal alar, nostril, sill, on the two sides are symmetry, and the result is good.
Conclusions:
The cleft side alar flap and alar cartilage sling procedure is effective to correct secondary cleft lip nasal deformity.
