Category: Incomplete Cleft Lip

Successful surgical repair of incomplete cleft lip

6/6/2016

A 3 month old baby girl was born with unilateral incomplete cleft lip. Her parents brought to our hospital for surgical management.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Following suture removal 7 days after surgery, the baby’s appearance was greatly enhanced. The baby’s parents were very happy to have the cleft lip defect corrected with very negligible scar.

Baby having incomplete cleft lip defect

Primary cleft lip repair using modified Millards technique

After suture removal showing good healing and no scar

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Successful surgical repair of incomplete cleft lip

6/2/2016

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A 3 month old baby girl was born with unilateral incomplete cleft lip. Her parents brought her to our hospital for surgical management.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Following suture removal 7 days after surgery, the baby’s appearance was greatly enhanced. The baby’s parents were very happy to have the cleft lip defect corrected with very negligible scar.

Preoperative view showing incomplete cleft lip defect in 3 months old baby girl

Using Modified Millard's technique primary lip repair was done giving enhanced appearance of the nose

Immediately after suture removal following seven days after surgery

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Successful surgical repair of incomplete cleft lip

5/2/2016

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Successful surgical repair of incomplete cleft lip

13/7/2015

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A 3 month old baby boy was born with unilateral incomplete cleft lip. His parents brought him to our hospital for surgical management.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Following suture removal 7 days after surgery, the baby’s appearance was greatly enhanced. The baby’s parents were very happy to have the cleft lip defect corrected with very negligible scar.

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Successful surgical repair of incomplete cleft lip

15/10/2014

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A 3 month old baby girl from Colombo was born with unilateral incomplete cleft lip. Her parents brought her to our hospital for surgical management.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Following suture removal 7 days after surgery, the baby’s appearance was greatly enhanced. The baby’s parents were very happy to have the cleft lip defect corrected with very negligible scar.

Preoperative view showing incomplete cleft lip defect in 3 months old baby girl

Using Modified Millard's technique primary lip repair was done giving enhanced appearance

Several weeks following suture removal

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Successful correction of incomplete cleft lip

30/9/2014

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A one-and-half year old boy was brought to our hospital by his parents for surgical correction of his incomplete cleft lip defect that affected his appearance.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the surgical correction of cleft lip using modified Millard’s technique. Following suture removal 7 days after surgery, the boy’s appearance greatly improved with the cleft defect corrected with hardly any scar. The boy’s parents were very happy with the surgery outcome and that their boy’s appearance was enhanced.

Preoperative view showing incomplete cleft lip defect

Primary cleft lip defect repair done

Postoperative view following suture removal after 7 days of surgery with hardly any scars

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Successful correction of incomplete cleft lip

30/7/2014

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A 3-month-old baby girl with incomplete cleft lip was brought to our hospital by her parents for surgical treatment. Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using Modified Millard’s technique. On the 7th postoperative day following surgery the sutures were removed & there was hardly any scar. The parents were very happy to see their baby’s improved appearance.

Preoperative view showing incomplete cleft lip defect in 3 months old baby

During procedure - primary cleft lip repair

Primary cleft lip closure

Immediate postoperative view following suture removal after seven days of surgery

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Successful correction of incomplete cleft lip

21/6/2014

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A 3 months old boy baby with incomplete cleft lip was brought to our hospital by his parents for correction of his cleft lip defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji skillfully performed the primary cleft lip repair by following Modified Millard’s technique. Results are immediate and the parents were very happy to see their boy with complete correction of cleft lip without much surgical marks.