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Secondary Columellar Lengthening in Bilateral Nasal Cleft Deformities With a Sliding Flap Cheilorhinoplasty

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A characteristic short columella and decreased nasal projection is common in patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate following primary repair. The main disadvantage of the previously described secondary columellar lengthening procedures is the cosmetically undesirable "banking" of forked flaps in the nasal sill. We introduce a modified sliding flap cheilorhinoplasty that involves the recruitment of soft tissue adjacent to lip scars to achieve adequate columellar lengthening without the aforementioned banking of forked flaps. The end result is simultaneous columellar lengthening and lip scar revision.

Source: Otolaryngology

DOI: 10.1002/ohn.1299

Authors: Robert M. Frederick, William Dougherty, Eric Dobratz

Institution: Old Dominion University

Language: English

Topic: Cleft Lip and Palate Research

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4410092855

FWCI: 0.552

Cites: 5

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10