Comparison of immediate effects between two surgical methods on repair of unilateral incomplete cleft lip / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To evaluate the short time outcome about repairing of lateral incomplete cleft lip with two different treatments: new rotation advancement technique and Tennison technique.Methods:Twenty-seven cases of lateral incomplete cleft lip were repaired by the two different treatments, and 12 indexes were employed to evaluate the short time outcome of post-operation.Results:All the patients who were treated with the new rotation advancement technique and Tennison technique in this study obtained satisfactory lip and nasal symmetry immediately. There was no significant difference between the two techniques in the treatment of the patients with unilateral incomplete cleft lip.Conclusions:Though the new rotation advancement technique does not show the obvious improvements about repairing of lateral incomplete cleft lip, invisible incision and keeping the nostril sill will definitely benefit the patients because of reducing the risk of more scars.