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Successful Surgical Correction of Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palate

13/1/2018

A 3-month old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by his parents seeking the best treatment for cleft lip and palate. The parents were perturbed after seeing their firstborn son’s condition.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji performed the primary repair surgery for unilateral cleft lip using Modified Millard’s technique. Following surgery, the baby appeared to be like any other baby of his age with minimal to no scar. The parents were greatly pleased with the results. Consecutively cleft palate correction surgery will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 3 months old baby boy

Immediately after suturing using modified Millard's technique

Postoperative view immediately after suture removal following seven days after surgery showing negligible scar formation

Surgical Correction of primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palate

6/1/2018

A 4-month old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by his parents seeking the best possible treatment for the cleft defect. The parents were greatly depressed and complained about the difficulty in feeding him.
Under the expert care of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji, the primary lip repair surgery for unilateral cleft lip was carried out using Modified Millard’s technique. Immediately post surgery, the baby’s appearance improved greatly and he was able to feed well. The parents were very glad about the results and were thrilled as their baby had hardly any post-surgical scars. Cleft palate correction surgery will be done at a later date.

Incomplete cleft lip defect in 4 months old baby boy

Immediately after suturing using modified Millard's technique

Postoperative view following suture removal showing an enhanced appearance of the baby.

Primary cleft lip repair for 3 months old baby boy with unilateral cleft lip and palate

12/3/2017

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the cleft defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkable improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip treated with negligible scar formation. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in a 6 months old baby girl

Immediately after cleft lip suturing using modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days after surgery showing negligible scar

Primary cleft lip repair for 6 months old baby girl with unilateral cleft lip and palate

7/3/2017

A 4-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialised treatment of the cleft defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip treated with negligible scar formation. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

4 months old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate

Immediately after suturing using modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days after surgery showing negligible scar formation

Primary cleft lip repair for 3 months old baby boy with unilateral cleft lip and alveolus

20/1/2017

Unilateral cleft lip and alveolus defect in 3 months old baby boy

Immediately after suturing cleft lip defect using modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days after surgery

6 months postoperative view showing negligible scar with enhanced appearance

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and alveolus was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the cleft defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkable improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip treated with negligible scar formation.

Primary cleft lip repair for baby with unilateral cleft lip and palate

11/2/2016

A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was extraordinary improved and she was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 3 months old baby girl

Immediate postoperative view showing complete closure of the cleft lip defect

Immediately after suture removal following seven days postoperative view showing enhanced appearance

Primary cleft lip repair for baby with unilateral cleft lip and palate

11/2/2016

A 4-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was extraordinary improved and she was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 4 months old baby girl

Immediate postoperative view showing complete closure of the cleft lip defect

Immediately after suture removal following seven days postoperative view showing enhanced appearance

Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby boy

7/8/2015

A 2-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 2 months old baby boy

Following modified Millard's technique primary cleft lip closure done

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery giving enhanced appearance

Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby girl

5/8/2015

A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 3 months old baby girl

Following modified Millard's technique primary cleft lip closure done

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery giving enhanced appearance

Primary lip repair for baby with unilateral cleft lip and palate

20/6/2015

A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkable improved and she was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 3 months old baby girl

Immediate postoperative view showing complete closure of the cleft lip defect

Immediately after suture removal following seven days postoperative view showing enhanced appearance

Successful primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby boy

27/4/2015

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Results are immediate. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate in a 3 months old baby boy

Immediately after suturing the cleft lip defect

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery

Successful reconstruction of alveolar cleft into a single jaw bone using miracle bone protein rhBMP-2

9/3/2015

A 3 year old boy with unilateral cleft lip and palate defect from Bihar was brought to our hospital by his parents for closure of the cleft defect in the teeth bearing region of upper jaw bone. He was previously operated for cleft lip and cleft palate. Due to the cleft defect, upper alveolus was in two parts which will severely affect the development of teeth later.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji performed the cleft alveolus closure with rhBMP-2 which helps in uniting the two parts into a single jaw bone with new bone formation. This surgery helped for proper growth and development as well as alignment of his teeth later.

Preoperative intraoral view showing alveolar cleft defect in left side

Preoperative digital orthopantomogram showing cleft alveolus in left side

Intraoperative view showing alveolar cleft after raising gingivomucoperiosteal flap

rhBMP-2 placed in the alveolar cleft region to induce new bone formation

Immediately after suturing

Successful primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby boy

4/3/2015

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital his parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Results are immediate. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate in a 3 months old baby boy

Intraoral view showing complete cleft involving entire palate

Primary cleft lip repair following modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery showing enhanced appearance

Successful primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby boy

28/2/2015

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Results are immediate. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate in 3 months old baby boy

Immediately after suturing the cleft lip defect

Enhanced appearance of the baby immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery

Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palate

13/2/2015

A 3-month old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by his parents seeking the best treatment for cleft defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji performed the primary lip repair surgery using Modified Millard’s technique. Following surgery, the baby’s appearance improved greatly and he was able to feed well. The parents were very happy that their baby had hardly any post-surgical scars. Consecutively cleft palate correction surgery will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate in a 3 months old baby boy

Primary cleft lip closure using modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery

Successful primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip and palate baby

16/12/2014

A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital from Dubai by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Results are immediate. The baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Unilateral cleft lip and palate in a 3 months old baby girl

Primary cleft lip closure using modified Millard's technique

Immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery showing enhanced appearance

Primary lip repair for baby with unilateral cleft lip and palate

11/12/2014

A 2-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital from Dubai by his parents for specialized treatment of the cleft defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

Immediate postoperative view following suture removal after seven days of surgery

Primary cleft lip repair following modified Millard's technique

Unilateral cleft lip and palate defect in 2 months old baby boy

Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palate

11/10/2014

A 3month old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by her parents seeking the best treatment for cleft defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji performed the primary repair surgery for unilateral cleft lip using Modified Millard’s technique. Following surgery, the baby’s appearance improved greatly and was able to feed well. The parents were very happy that their baby had hardly any surgical scars. Consecutively cleft palate correction surgery will be done.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate in a 3 months baby girl

Using modified Millard's technique primary lip repair was done

Surgical procedure achieving pristine shape and size of the nose during lip repair

Immediately following surgery showing corrected lip and nose due to cleft defec

Postoperative view immediately after suture removal following seven days of surgery

Primary cleft lip repair for a baby born with unilateral cleft lip and palate

15/9/2014

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for surgical correction of his birth deformity.

Maxillofacial surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Suture removal was done 7 days following surgery. After lip repair, the baby’s parents were very happy to see their baby’s improved more normal appearance. Subsequently, the parents will return for further cleft management for their baby.

Preoperative view showing unilateral cleft lip and palate

Immediate postoperative view after suture removal following seven days of surgery

Two weeks postoperative view following suture removal

Cleft palate repair for a baby with unilateral cleft lip palate

24/7/2014

A 11-month old baby girl was brought to our hospital by her parents for cleft palate repair. She was born with unilateral cleft lip & palate. She was operated for primary cleft lip repair when she was 3 months old.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Prof. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cleft palate repair. In the palatal pushback technique, a palatal flap was raised. The abnormally attached palate muscles were detached & reattached like a hammock in a correct position. A 2–layered closure – of the nasal and oral floor was done. Further cleft management will be done subsequently.

Primary lip repair for baby with unilateral cleft lip and palate

7/7/2014

A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by her parents for specialized treatment of the defect.

Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique. Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkable improved and she was able to feed well. Her parents were very happy to have the cleft lip surgically treated with negligible scar. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.