Z-reconstruction of muscular membrane of nasal vestibule for repair of secondary cleft lip nose deformity
- Author:
Tuan Duc Le
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
lip nose cleft
- MeSH:
Muscle Contraction;
Abnormalities
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):26-27
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From 1998 to 1999, 25 patients were operated to repair the secondary nasal deformity after initial congenital cleft lip and palate reconstruction. Age of patients ranged from 11 to 23, 6 males, 19 females, inwhich 11 patients have upper cleft lip alon and 14 patients have cleft lip with cleft palate. This is an adjunctive surgery for nasal deformity recontruction using cartilage interventions. Criteria of evaluation: good: the vestibular membrane disappeared, nasal ventilation is good. Moderate: the vestibular membrane is still, nasal ventilation is good. Poor: there was not improvement. Result: good result was achieved in 11 patients (44%), moderate in 8 patients (32%) and poor result in 24%
