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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Nasolabial Appearance in 5-Year-Old Patients with Repaired Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Comparison of Two Different Techniques of Lip Repair.

Sonja Lux, Matthias Mayr, Michael Schwaiger, Sarah-Jayne Edmondson, Christoph Steiner, Peter Schachner, Alexander Gaggl

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. What We Learnt in Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair Between Millard's and Tennison-Randall's Techniques: Comparison of the Outcomes in Adult Patients.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026
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Sonja LuxDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2173-9707
Matthias MayrDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Michael SchwaigerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9249-9763
Sarah-Jayne EdmondsonSouth Thames Cleft Service, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Christoph SteinerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Peter SchachnerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Alexander GagglDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinic Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Different surgical techniques are available to adequately correct the primary cleft lip deformity; however, when compared, none of these techniques have proven superior with regard to achieving optimal aesthetic results. Thus, the aim of this retrospective study was to assess the nasolabial appearance in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) at age five with reference to two techniques for primary cleft lip repair used in our service: Pfeifer's wave-line procedure and Randall's technique. A modified Asher-McDade Aesthetic Index was applied to appraise the nasolabial area by means of 2D photographs of non-syndromic five-year-old patients with a UCLP. In this context, three parameters were assessed: 1. nasal frontal view; 2. shape of the vermilion border and philtrum length; and 3. the nasolabial profile. Five professionals experienced in cleft care were asked to rate the photographs on two occasions. Overall, 53 patients were included in the final analysis, 28 of whom underwent lip repair according to Pfeifer; 25 were treated employing Randall's technique. Statistically significant differences between the two techniques regarding philtrum length and vermilion border were found (

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aestheticscleft lipcongenital defectsmaxillofacial abnormalitiessurgical procedures

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PMCPMC9144955

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