Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common deformities of the craniofacial region, and treatment of this deformity is essential for social reintegration. One of the major goals of surgery and treatment of craniofacial deformities is to improve the aesthetic appearance of the face, and thereby improve the patient's social acceptability. Here, we present a critical review of the criteria for ...

The Dallas surgical protocol for primary bilateral cleft lip/nose repair depends on the anatomy of the deformity. In cases of asymmetric bilateral clefts, an extremely small prolabium (<6 mm in vertical high) or a displaced premaxilla, a 2-stage lip repair was performed. At the same time, assessment of the tissue available for the columella determined the approach to the nose. In this part, the...

Postoperative cardiovascular studies were carried out in eight patients with ostium primum defect and cleft mitral valve. Apical systolic murmurs were present in all patients, but in seven of them no mitral regurgitation was detected by pulmonary wedge pressure and left ventricular angiography. Surgical repair of the cleft anterior leaflet without resection of subjacent chordae tendineae, as pe...

METHODS: 59 experimental and 59 control facial images were obtained from the senior author’s practice. Experimental images included the following diagnoses (15 cleft lip, 15 facial aging, 12 ear deformity, 7 facial lesion, 6 HIV lipodystrophy, 3 facial asymmetry, 2 nasal deformity). Twenty standardized lookzone regions were mapped onto each facial image. 170 adult subject observers were recruit...

Duplication deformity of the mandible is exceedingly rare. Its occurrence with congenital facial cleft and parotid gland aplasia has been rarely reported as 1 entity. We report such a case with detailed computed tomography (CT) description and provide a review of the literature on mandible duplication.

Escobar syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by growth retardation, axillary, antecubital, popliteal digital, and intercrural joint flexion contracture, pterygium in the eyes, cleft palate, decreased lung capacity, genital abnormalities, and spinal deformity. In this case, we presented the anesthesic management of a 2-year-old child undergoing frontal sling ope...

Cleft palate is a congenital deformity with soft tissue and hard tissue defects. Normal cleft palate repairing surgery only repairs soft tissue defects, whereas bone defects in the hard palate still exist. Therefore, we conducted this study in beagles to observe the influence of bone grafting at primary surgery on craniofacial growth and occlusal relationships in individuals with complete cleft...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to propose an objective and simple method for assessing surgical outcomes of cleft nasal deformity using two-dimensional digital images. DESIGN Five plastic surgeons evaluated slides of 20 normal and 65 repaired cleft nasal deformities using the full range of values from 0 to 100 with 10-point intervals. Five laypersons rated 12 parameters per image from...