Median cleft lip: A new method of surgical repair

B. V. Khandekar; S. Srinivasan; N. J. Mokal

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1699418

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (Jan 2010)

Median cleft lip: A new method of surgical repair

B. V. Khandekar,
S. Srinivasan,
N. J. Mokal

Affiliations

B. V. Khandekar: Burns and Plastic Surgery Department, B.J. Wadia Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
S. Srinivasan: Burns and Plastic Surgery Department, B.J. Wadia Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
N. J. Mokal: Burns and Plastic Surgery Department, B.J. Wadia Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1699418
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 43, no. 01
pp. 111 – 113

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The aim is to discuss a new method of muscle repair in midline cleft lip. Three patients with midline cleft lip were repaired with our technique of muscle repair and the results evaluated. Our new method of muscle repair in the form of ‘Z’ helps in forming the philtral dimple.

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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