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Rafael Gómez Díaz1, Oswaldo Javir Gómez Díaz, Luz Elena Rueda Gallardo
1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Fundación Hospital de la Misericordia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Abstract:
Despite the lack of consensus regarding the treatment of labio-palatal clefts, each treatment protocol is the expression of an individual perspective that accumulates the experience of each multidisciplinary group, which all pursue the same goal: to achieve adequate language development with the lowest possible impact on facial growth. To achieve this, a management scheme has been developed, this exploits vomer flaps for the closure of palatal clefts and limits dissections in the palatine segments. Modifications are presented in the design and dissection of vomer flaps, so as to use the largest amount of mucosal tissue available, thus facilitating closure of the different clefts, particularly in Veau Group III clefts.
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