Bilobate flap applied to the treatment of secondary deformity after cheiloplasty
Long, J.
Hunan Yi Ke da Xue Xue Bao 23(2): 167-168
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-5625 PMID: 10681835 Document Number: 494612
Secondary deformity after cheiloplasty was common and 7 cases (4 males, 3 females) were reconstructed with bilobate flap. The patients' age ranged from 16 to 30. Five of them with single cleftlip. The deformity of them included loose and shortening of the upperlip, scar, vermilion pitting, too large nostril etc. Lateral tissue of cleftlip was used to construct the bilobate flap which was applied to repairing secondary deformity after cheiloplasty. The method was matched with the principle of anatomy, and the effects were satisfactory.