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Humans ; Poliomyelitis*

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Animals ; Nerve Regeneration* ; Rats* ; Sciatic Nerve*

Primary treatment of cleft palate should result in an intact palate with separation of the oral and nasal cavities. However, the published reports of large series indicate that palatal fistula present in operated cleft palate of a small but significant groups of patients. Even in the best hands, a palatal fistula of the operated cleft palate may reoccur postoperatively. Various methods of repair including local mucosal flaps have been employed to date, but fistula repair is extremely difficult because the operative field is limited by scar formation around the palatal fistula, making wound healing unsatisfactory. In such cases, a tongue flap is commonly indicated. From May of 1991 to May of 1996, among 19 patients with palatal fistula in operated cleft palate, 11 patients were operated by anteriorly-based tongue flap. All patients were followed up for at least 6 months, with mean follow up of 18 months. Among 12 cases of 11 patients included in this study, 11 flaps survived and did not recur during follow up periods. One complication was seen in the first case. In this case, there was a flap detachment from the recipient site on the 3rd postoperative day, but he was treated successfully at a subsequent operation. There have been no problems with feeding and communication until the pedicle is cut, and no patient experienced problems either with alteration in speech or with disturbance of taste sensation following surgery. In conclusion, this study shows that the anteriorly-based tongue flap is a safe and reliable technique for closure of large palatal fistula.
Cicatrix ; Cleft Palate ; Fistula* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hand ; Humans ; Nasal Cavity ; Palate ; Sensation ; Tongue* ; Wound Healing

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Alopecia* ; Scalp* ; Tissue Expansion*

The microform cleft lip is the mildest expression of cleft lip and nose deformity, but it has no specific definition, classification, and few methods have been reported for its correction. It is characterized by deformity of the nostril, skin striae of the upper lip, notching of peaked Cupid's bow, deformity of the vermilion, and anomaly of the upper lateral incisior and alveolar ridge on the affected region. Sixty-three microform cleft lip patients were operated on between Dec. 1993 and Sep. 1998 in our department(29 males and 34 females). The age of the patients ranged from 5 months to 30 years(Mean 9 years). We classified and treated the microform cleft lip as follows: Class I: Cleft lip nose with very slight lip deformity Class II: Minimal lip deformity without vermilion notching Class III: Mild lip deformity with slight vermilion notching. The goals in the correction of a microform cleft lip are to obtain an esthetically pleasing upper lip and nose, and to reestablish muscle continuity for improved function. To attain these goals, we used the above classification and satisfactory results were obtained by treating the microform cleft according to the classification.
Alveolar Process ; Classification* ; Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Humans ; Lip ; Male ; Microfilming* ; Nose ; Skin

The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS) has thirty years history. In general the historical review is very important and valuable for the advance of science & technology in the future. So we haute reviewed and analyzed all the papers of The Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (JKSPRS) from No. 1 to No. 89 fort 23 years The results were as follows: 1. The number of papers has been increased from 7 to 183 per year 2. The qualities of JKSPRS have been improved and ranked with other advanced foreign journals. 3. The basic research had much more papers than any other fields. This implied the possibility of Korean plastic sugical progress in the future. 4. Most fields more advanced very rapidly in the last 10 years, particularly head and neck surgery, hand surgery, craniomaxillofacial surgery, aesthetic surgery by innovational skills & new demised instruments. 5, Official clinican's papers would be needed for evenly advancing. 6. Many papers about anatomical study and anthropometric analysis of Korean, and new designed method of operation for Korean showed that our plastic surgery was breaking from Caucacian materials and methods, and being Koreanized. 7. To be read by more plastic surgeons, the JKSPRS should be written more accurately and significantly to make excellent journals, we, all members should try continously together.
Anniversaries and Special Events* ; Hand ; Head ; Neck ; Surgery, Plastic

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Tissue Expansion Devices*