Septum strut implantation for rhinoplasty simultaneous with cleft alveolar bone grafting in cleft lip and palate patients / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To pursue a more efficient and effective treatment for cleft lip and palate deformities. Methods Patients with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate at their age of 9 years after were chosen for simultaneous cleft alveolar repair and nasal deformity correction. Muco-periosteal pocket and iliacgranular bone was prepared, and bone grafting was performed conventionally. At the same time of iliac cancellous bone harvesting, a cortical plate was taken and sculpted into a strut of 18 mm in length, 6 mm in width, and 1.5 mm in thickness. A flying bird incision was made at the alar ram and across columella in a V-shape. Then the alar cartilage was detached from the overlying skin, a socket was made at the site of anterior nasal spine. The strut was inserted into the socket between the two medial crura of the alar cartilage. The medial crura was lift 3 mm above the superior edge of the strut, and mattress suture technique was used to secure the bilateral medial crura to the strut graft. Results 24 patients were treated by this technique. All the patients healed uneventfully. Depressed alar base, tilted columella and lower nasal tip were corrected satisfactorily. Conclusion There is no interference in simultaneous cleft alveolar bone grafting and rhinoplasty. Septum strut can provide favorable support for tilted nasal structure and satisfactorily correct nasal deformities. Simultaneous with alveolar grafting, it is much easier in harvesting, and the time of anesthesia and operation is also decreased.[