Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair

Bilateral cheiloplasty

Bilateral cleft lip

Medically unfit for general anesthesia. Poor nutrition for compromised healing.

6400 beaver blade

General plastics set up including calipers, straight beaver blade, and skin hooks

Pre-operative photos, Hemoglobin and hematocrit, preoperative parental counseling

External landmarks of the upper lip: Cupids bow, philtrum, philtral dimple, cutaneous white roll, wet and dry vermillion, nasal base.

Bleeding, infection, poor wound healing, unacceptable scarring.

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2. Oh, SJ. (2008) Reconstruction of bilateral cleft lip and nose deformity. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Sep;19(5):1353-8.