A 19-year-old boy from New Delhi, with unilateral cleft lip & palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for expert correction of his nose & lip defect. His cleft lip and cleft palate correction was done elsewhere in his childhood. Now his nose was disproportionately large & upper lip was too thin. He wanted to correct the shape & form of his nose & lips to improve his appearance.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed a combined correction of the nose & lip defect. A medial & lateral osteotomy of the nose was done to reduce the large nose. With this the nose was reshaped & given a more proportionate, balanced form. The lip defect was corrected with Abbe-flap technique. A flap of tissue was taken from the lower lip, rotated across the mouth & sutured to the upper lip with the base of the flap still attached to the lower lip to maintain blood supply. The flap was taken with hair follicles to ensure moustache growth. After 3 weeks once blood supply is established, the flap will be divided, giving the lips an enhanced form, function & appearance.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed a combined correction of the nose & lip defect. A medial & lateral osteotomy of the nose was done to reduce the large nose. With this the nose was reshaped & given a more proportionate, balanced form. The lip defect was corrected with Abbe-flap technique. A flap of tissue was taken from the lower lip, rotated across the mouth & sutured to the upper lip with the base of the flap still attached to the lower lip to maintain blood supply. The flap was taken with hair follicles to ensure moustache growth. After 3 weeks once blood supply is established, the flap will be divided, giving the lips an enhanced form, function & appearance.
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