Plastic Surgery Key

Furlow Palatoplasty T. Guy Thorburn DEFINITION Furlow Palatoplasty is widely used technique for repair of either cleft palate (CP) or submucous cleft palate (SMCP). It can also be used in…

von Langenbeck Palatoplasty Kathryn V. Isaac David K. Chong DEFINITION Cleft palate is the failure of fusion of the palatal shelves during embryological development. There are many surgical techniques used…

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair John A. van Aalst DEFINITION A cleft of the lip occurs when the maxillary prominence fails to fuse, first with the lateral nasal prominence and then…

Delayed Hard Palate Repair in UCLP Patients Jan Lilja DEFINITION In UCLP patients, the cleft palate will lead to speech difficulties. Poor ventilation of the Eustachian tubes results in a…

Lip Adhesion Catharine B. Garland Jesse Goldstein Joseph E. Losee DEFINITION For infants with complete unilateral or bilateral cleft lip, lip adhesion is an alternative to presurgical infant orthopedics (PSIO)….

Salyer Unilateral Cleft Lip/Nose Repair Kenneth E. Salyer DEFINITION Cleft lip/nose deformity occurs during embryonic development when there is lack of normal migration and proliferation of neural crest cells leading…

Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair: Millard/Mohler Modifications Roberto L. Flores Gerald J. Cho DEFINITION A unilateral cleft lip is a congenital separation of the upper lip. The degree of clefting can…

Anatomical Subunit Repair of Unilateral Cleft Lip David K. Chong Kathryn V. Isaac DEFINITION Cleft lip is a congenital malformation in embryonic development leading to discontinuity of the upper lip….