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Philtrum creation in secondary unilateral cleft lip repair
1Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
A new method to create a philtrum in patients with unilateral cleft lip is presented. This modification was primarily used in secondary repair but can also be used in some primary repair cases. The results were satisfactory in most of the patients, at least at 2 years postoperatively.