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ArticleJPRAS open2022

Lip symmetry following rotation advancement cleft lip repair in 5-year-old children treated by Ralph Millard and Ron Pigott.

F Maggiulli, C Hinton, L Simpson, S Gujral, J Hardwicke, R Slator, R W Pigott, T L Su, B Richard

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F MaggiulliDepartment of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Competence Centre for Cleft Lip and Palate CHU University Hospital Lapeyronie 371 Av. du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34090 Montpellier, France.
C HintonWest Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate Service, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK.
L SimpsonWest Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate Service, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK.
S GujralDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.
J HardwickeDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Coventry, Clifford Bridge road, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK.
R SlatorWest Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate Service, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK.
R W PigottDeceased, 17th February 2020, former cleft surgeon, Department of Plastic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, BS16 1LE, UK.
T L SuDivision of Dentistry, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK.
B RichardWest Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate Service, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK.

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Abstract

Objective: To compare the symmetry of the lip following Rotation-Advancement cleft lip repair by Millard and Pigott and to investigate the effect on the symmetry of cleft side and gender by using different surgical protocols. Symmetry following cleft surgery was compared to that of non-cleft children. Design: Retrospective study of photographs of children aged 5 years. Setting: Three decades of post-operative photographs of children treated by Millard and Pigott. Patients: Eighty-nine children treated by Millard, 87 by Pigott and 91 non-cleft children. Interventions: Photographs were assessed using the Symnose Computer program, a rapid semi-objective quantitative assessment of lip symmetry. Main Outcome Measures: Asymmetry score for each surgeon, and non-cleft children. Results: There was no significant difference in the median lip % mismatch score of Millard, 36.65% and Pigott, 38.52%. Right-sided clefts showed better symmetry than left-sided clefts for Millard (p<.001). This was reversed for Pigott (P=.0121). There was a difference (P<.001) between the symmetry of the two cleft cohorts and the non-cleft children (asymmetry 19.9%), and between Millard's outcomes following different lip surgical protocols (P < .0001), but no difference between Pigott's outcomes using different palate surgical protocols (P = 0.59). Conclusions: Cleft lip repair by Millard and Pigott resulted in similar lip asymmetry (37% and 39% symmetry mismatch, respectively). Lip surgical protocol and cleft side may affect lip asymmetry. Palate surgery did not affect lip asymmetry. Following cleft surgery, children were more asymmetric than non-cleft children.

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Cleft lip and palatefacial aesthetic outcomesMillardPigottSymnose

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PMCPMC9343930

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