J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.  1997 May;19(2):135-142.

The correction of secondary cleft lip deformities

• Park IS
• Yeo HH
• Kim YK
• Kim SG
• Gi JH
• Lim SG

Abstract

Despite the current accomplishments with the repair of cleft lips. the surgical management of the nasal deformity remains a functional and aesthetic dilemma for patients, their families, and recontructive surgeons. Recent improvement in the understanding and technical execution of the primary cleft lip repair have significantly reduced secondary sequelae and the consequent need for secondary surgical corrections are necessary according to numerous factors. Such factors include the severity of the initial deformity, the surgical plan, precision of execution of the primary repair, and success of the postoperative managements. We performed the secondary correction of cleft lip and palate in 11 patients is the most important to prevent the secondary deformities, and most of cleft lip and palate with secondary deformities must be treated with combined cheiloplasty and rhinoplasty.

MeSH Terms

Cleft Lip*
Congenital Abnormalities*
Humans
Palate
Rhinoplasty