Bilateral cleft lip repair: an outcome assessment
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Columellar elongation in bilateral cleft lip repair: early results.
Flattening of the nasal tip and shortness of the columella are two of the deformities that remain following successful repair of a bilateral cleft of the lip. Until now, correction has not been possible without producing undesirable scars on the surface of the nose or lip. A three-dimensional Z-plasty on the alar rim achieves columellar lengthening and forward projection of the tip, but it does...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0901-5027
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.02.034