OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the results in terms of nasal esthetics of children with bilateral cleft lip and palate, operated with the Cutting primary columella lengthening technique, associated with Grayson orthopedic nasoalveolar molding, and to compare them with the nasal aspects of children with bilateral cleft lip and palate operated with a traditional approach and to an age-matched sample of normal Caucasian children. DESIGN: Normalized photogrammetry. SETTING: Regional Center for CLP, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, San Paolo Hospital, Milan. PATIENTS: Three groups of patients 5 years of age. Cutting group: 18 patients treated with the Grayson-Cutting technique. Delaire group: 18 patients treated with the traditional Delaire technique. Normal children: 40 normal preschool children. RESULTS: With the Cutting-Grayson technique, the columella length, nasal tip angle, and protrusion are greatly improved compared with the previous protocol and are close to normal. On the other hand, the nasolabial angle and interalar distances are still excessively wide in both samples. CONCLUSIONS: Although this is not a long-term study, at this time none of the patients operated with this technique have needed secondary columella lengthening. On the other hand, although certainly improved, the nasal anatomy obtained is far from normal

Photometric evaluation of bilateral cleft lip and palate patients after primary columella lengthening / M.C. Meazzini, G. Rossetti, A. Morabito, G.D. Garattini, R. Brusati. - In: CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 1055-6656. - 47:1(2010 Jan), pp. 58-65. [10.1597/08-240.1]

Photometric evaluation of bilateral cleft lip and palate patients after primary columella lengthening

M.C. Meazzini;G. Rossetti;A. Morabito;G.D. Garattini;R. Brusati
2010

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the results in terms of nasal esthetics of children with bilateral cleft lip and palate, operated with the Cutting primary columella lengthening technique, associated with Grayson orthopedic nasoalveolar molding, and to compare them with the nasal aspects of children with bilateral cleft lip and palate operated with a traditional approach and to an age-matched sample of normal Caucasian children. DESIGN: Normalized photogrammetry. SETTING: Regional Center for CLP, Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, San Paolo Hospital, Milan. PATIENTS: Three groups of patients 5 years of age. Cutting group: 18 patients treated with the Grayson-Cutting technique. Delaire group: 18 patients treated with the traditional Delaire technique. Normal children: 40 normal preschool children. RESULTS: With the Cutting-Grayson technique, the columella length, nasal tip angle, and protrusion are greatly improved compared with the previous protocol and are close to normal. On the other hand, the nasolabial angle and interalar distances are still excessively wide in both samples. CONCLUSIONS: Although this is not a long-term study, at this time none of the patients operated with this technique have needed secondary columella lengthening. On the other hand, although certainly improved, the nasal anatomy obtained is far from normal
Settore MED/29 - Chirurgia Maxillofacciale
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