Primary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palate

A 4-month 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 she 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.

Baby born with unilateral cleft lip & palate defect

Immediately after primary lip repair surgery to treat notch in upper lip

After suture removal seven days following surgery- Negligible scarring & notch in upper lip corrected