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[Paracommissural cleft of the lower lip: Therapeutic strategy]
1Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et stomatologie, groupement hospitalier Nord, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103, grande avenue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon cedex 04, France; Groupement hospitalier Est, hôpital femme-mère-enfant, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron cedex, France; Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 43, boulevard du 11 Novembre-1918, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
Abstract:
We report the first case described in the literature of lateral, paracommissural cleft of the lower lip in a 2-year-old child. This anomaly caused labial incompetence requiring surgical correction. Different surgical techniques have been described for the treatment of the cleft of the upper lip. We studied each of them, analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of these techniques by inverting them and adapting them for the lower lip. We opted for the double "Z" plasty of Malek because the difference in height between the cleft side and the healthy side was important. In addition, this plasty hides part of the scar in the labiomental groove. The functional and aesthetic result at 6 months after surgery is satisfactory.
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