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[Muscles reposition in correction of nasal deformity after unilateral cleft lip]
Hai-Dong Li1, Ning-Bei Yin, Tao Song
1Center of Cleft Lip and Palate, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China.
Objective:
To investigate the effective method for correction of nasal deformity after unilateral cleft lip.
Methods:
50 cases with secondary nasal deformity after unilateral cleft lip were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients underwent nasal and lip muscle reposition operation to restore the symmetry of nasal alar.
Results:
The nasal deformity was greatly improved in all the 50 cases. The malposition of nasal column and nasal alar was corrected. The symmetry was markedly improved. The measurement before and after operation showed significant difference ( P<0.05).
Conclusions:
The reasons of secondary nasal deformity after unilateral cleft lip are complicated. The muscle reposition operation can effectively improve the deformity.
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