Strategy for Nasal Reconstruction in Atypical Facial Clefts

Summary:. It is difficult to put forward a strategy for the treatment of nasal clefts due to the rarity and diversity of anatomical aberrations of these cases contrary to the common nasal affection in cleft lip and palate patients, which differ in severity rather than differing in the morbid anatomy...

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Main Authors: Fouad M. Ghareeb, FRCS, MD, Dalia M. Elsakka, MD, Yaser M. Elsheikh, MD, Ahmed T. Nassar, MD, Hosam H. Abdelreheim, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000816
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Summary:Summary:. It is difficult to put forward a strategy for the treatment of nasal clefts due to the rarity and diversity of anatomical aberrations of these cases contrary to the common nasal affection in cleft lip and palate patients, which differ in severity rather than differing in the morbid anatomy. This simple strategy for correction of these nasal clefts will hopefully help surgeons to achieve better results. In the mean time I intended to describe the morbid anatomy of these cases by choosing examples of each morbid anatomy.
ISSN:2169-7574