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- Title
Beyond Fifty Years of Millard's Rotation-Advancement Technique in Cleft Lip Closure: Are There Many "Millards"?
- Authors
da Silva Freitas, Renato; Alves, Pedro Bertoco; Shimizu, Gisele Keiko Machado; Schuchovski, Júlia Fortes; Lopes, Marlon Augusto Câmara; Maluf Jr., Ivan; Forte, Antonio Jorge V.; Alonso, Nivaldo; Shin, Joseph
- Abstract
In 1955, Millard developed the concept of rotation-advancement flap to treat cleft lip. Almost 6 decades later, it remains the most popular technique worldwide. Since the technique evolved and Millard published many technical variations, we decided to ask 10 experienced cleft surgeons how they would mark Millard's 7 points in two unilateral cleft lip patient photos and compared the results. In both pictures, points 1 and 2 were marked identically among surgeons. Points 3 were located adjacent to each other, but not coincident, and the largest distances between points 3 were 4.95mm and 4.03mm on pictures 1 and 2, respectively. Similar patterns were obtained for points 4, eight of them were adjacent, and the greatest distance between the points was 4.39 mm. Points 5 had the most divergence between the points among evaluators, which were responsible for the different shapes of the C-flap. Points 6 also had dissimilar markings, and such difference accounts for varying resection areas among evaluators. The largest distances observed were 11.66mm and 7mm on pictures 1 and 2, respectively. In summary, much has changed since Millard's initial procedure, but his basic principles have survived the inexorable test of time, proving that his idea has found place among the greatest concepts of modern plastic surgery.
- Subjects
CLEFT lip; MEDICAL publishing; PUBLISHING; PERIODICAL publishing; ROTATION therapy; SURGICAL excision; PLASTIC surgery; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Plastic Surgery International, 2012, p1
- ISSN
2090-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2012/731029