Importance of various skin sutures in cheiloplasty of cleft lip
10.5125/jkaoms.2019.45.6.374
- Author:
Soung Min KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. smin5@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Comparative Study
- Keywords:
Cheiloplasty;
Cleft lip;
Skin suture material;
Orbicularis oris muscle
- MeSH:
Cleft Lip;
Humans;
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Skin;
Sutures;
Wound Healing
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2019;45(6):374-376
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Last week, after our receiving online journal regarding Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, we found a recently published original article by Alawode et al., entitled “A comparative study of immediate wound healing complications following cleft lip repair using either absorbable or non-absorbable skin sutures”. Although this clinical article was well written and provided a great deal of information regarding the suture materials in the cleft lip repair, I would like to add a few additional comments based on the importance of skin suture during cheiloplasties in the primary cleft lip or secondary revision patients with representative figures.
