Objective This study aimed to compare the impacts of undertaking symmetrical bone repair of the nasal alar base combined with nasolabial deformity repair versus nasolabial deformity repair alone on the improvement in nasal de-formity of patients with unilateral cleft lip and alveolar cleft.Methods Fifty patients presenting with unilateral cleft lip and alveolar cleft were evaluated.Among them,20 underwent nasolabial deformity repair solely(non-bone grafting group),whereas 30 patients received bone repair in conjunction with nasolabial deformity repair(bone-repair group).Preoperative measurements and one-year follow-up results were assessed through photographic anthropometric analysis.According to the Farkas anthropometric standard,the nasal anatomic landmarks were located,and 10 nostril indicators were measured.The operative effects of two groups were compared.Results In contrast to the non-bone-grafting group,the nasal deformity of patients in the bone-repair group demonstrated significant improvement one year post-operation.The symmetry pa-rameters of the nasal columella more closely approximated 1,the columella deviation angle more closely approached 90°,and the sub-alare inclination angle and the inclination angle of the nasal alar were smaller(P＜0.05).Conclusion The accomplishment of symmetrical bone repair of the nasal alar base is conducive to enhancing nasal deformity after cleft-lip surgery in patients with unilateral cleft lip and alveolar cleft.This strategy has a positive influence on nasal symmetry,the morphology of the nasal alar,and nasal base deformity.

OBJECTIVES: To review the effectiveness of secondary alveolar bone grafting using iliac cancellous bone in patients with unilateral complete alveolar cleft and to investigate the factors influencing it. METHODS: A retrospective study of 160 patients with unilateral complete alveolar clefts who underwent iliac cancellous bone graft repair at the Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, was conducted. Eighty patients in the young age group (6-12 years) and 80 in the old age group (≥13 years) were included. Bone bridge formation was determined using Mimics software, and the volume was measured to calculate the iliac implantation rate, residual bone filling rate, and resorption rate. The factors that affected bone grafting in both subgroups were investigated. RESULTS: Using bone bridge formation as the clinical success criterion, the success rate for the entire population was 71.25%, with a significant difference of 78.75% and 63.75% for the young and old age groups, respectively (P=0.036). The gap volume in the latter was significantly larger than that in the former (P<0.001). The factors that influenced bone grafting in the young group were the palatal bone wall (P=0.006) and history of cleft palate surgery (P=0.012), but only the palatal bone wall affected the outcome in the old age group (P=0.036). CONCLUSIONS The results of alveolar bone grafting for the old age group were worse than those for the young age group. The palatal bone wall was an important factor that affected alveolar bone grafting, and alveolar bone grafting in the young patients was influenced by the history of cleft palate surgery.
Humans ; Child ; Adolescent ; Cleft Palate/surgery* ; Cleft Lip/surgery* ; Retrospective Studies ; Cancellous Bone ; Treatment Outcome ; Alveolar Bone Grafting/methods* ; Bone Transplantation/methods*