A boy born with macrostomia was brought to our hospital by his parents, for surgical correction. Macrostomia is a rare type of facial cleft deformity in which the mouth is unusually wide. Normally, the angle of the mouth approximately aligns with a line drawn from the pupil of the eye. In this case, the mouth was abnormally wide causing a gross distortion of the child’s appearance.
Surgical correction of macrostomia is challenging & complex as it aims to restore appearance while at the same time maintain normal functions like speech, eating & blowing. Maxillofacial Surgeon Prof. S.M. Balaji skillfully reconstructed the mouth by approximation of the facial muscles. The defect was closed in layers to reconstruct a natural-looking & symmetric mouth & lip length, height & contour using the Vermillion return flap technique.
Following surgery, there was no scarring. The boy’s appearance improved dramatically and functions of the face muscles are normal.
Surgical correction of macrostomia is challenging & complex as it aims to restore appearance while at the same time maintain normal functions like speech, eating & blowing. Maxillofacial Surgeon Prof. S.M. Balaji skillfully reconstructed the mouth by approximation of the facial muscles. The defect was closed in layers to reconstruct a natural-looking & symmetric mouth & lip length, height & contour using the Vermillion return flap technique.
Following surgery, there was no scarring. The boy’s appearance improved dramatically and functions of the face muscles are normal.
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