Paul Louis Tessier

[Paul Louis Simond (1858-1947)].

Surgical correction of Tessier number 8 cleft.

The number 8 Tessier cleft can be a discrete horizontal shadow at the level of the lateral canthus of the palpebral fissure or a true coloboma with absence of the commissure between the upper and lower eyelids. A surgical technique, which has been used in eight patients, is described to correct this congenital defect. Four flaps are created and transposed as two Z-plasties. The lateral canthal ...

Partial Duplication of Maxilla Associated With Tessier 3 and Incomplete Tessier 6 Cleft: A New Entity

Oblique facial clefts are extremely rare congenital deformities. Partial duplication of maxilla is a rare isolated anomaly. The concurrent existence of maxillary duplication and Tessier clefts has been described previously, specially the Tessier 7 clefts. In presented case, partial duplication of maxilla has occurred associated with Tessier 3 and incomplete Tessier 6 cleft along with cleft pala...

Tessier 1-13 Atypical Craniofacial Cleft

DESCRIPTION A 2-year-old boy presented with an atypical craniofacial cleft going through the right nostril with a soft-tissue extension of 2 × 1 cm. A computed tomographic scan showed bony involvement of the right nasal bone, right frontal bone, anterior cribriform plate anomalies, and no encephalocele.

Surgical Technique for Tessier 3 Cleft Reconstruction

Craniofacial clefts are rare entities, with an incidence reported as 1.43 to 4.85 per 100,000 births. The Tessier number 3 cleft, the most medial of the oblique clefts, can manifest as clefting of the lip between the canine and lateral incisors, colobomas of the nasal ala and lower eyelid, and inferior displacement of the medial canthus—frequently disrupting the lacrimal system with extreme var...