Open AccessComposite correction of a unilateral cleft lip nose deformity and alveolar bone grafting
Author(s) -
Nitin Mokal,
Prabhash,
Chintamani Kale
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.57190
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , anatomy , rhinoplasty , cartilage , premaxilla , nostril , nose , dentistry , maxilla , orthodontics , surgery
Managing the cleft lip nasal deformity has always been a challenge. Even now, there is no single established universally accepted method of correction. The open alveolar gap and the ipsilateral hypoplastic maxilla are two major problems in achieving consistently good results in a cleft lip nasal deformity. In our study, after first assuring the orthodontic realignment of maxillary arches, we combined bone grafting in the alveolar gap and along the pyriform margin, with a formal open rhinoplasty approach.