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- Title
Isolated cleft of the ala nasi: A report of seven cases.
- Authors
Jinka, J. Rajesh; Chekuri, Harikiran; Annavarapu, Gopalakrishna
- Abstract
Craniofacial clefts other than cleft lip & palate are reported to be 1.4 to 4.9 per 100,000 live births. Of these, clefts of nose are usually associated with other clefts. Isolated cleft of Ala is rare, 0.7% of all clefts reported by Monasterio. In an analysis of photographic records of 3,500 consecutive patients with craniofacial clefts including cleft lip & palate registered with us between 1985- 2012 which were accessed through our data base, 13 patients with nasal clefts were identified, seven out of which had Isolated cleft of the Ala. All were treated by a rotation flap of the Ala with good results with the longest follow up of 14Yrs. The authors have emphasised the rarity of the condition and presented a simple surgical procedure for correction. In the opinion of the authors this very simple procedure which can be performed by the junior surgeon gives a good long term result in the management of cleft Ala.
- Subjects
CRANIOFACIAL abnormalities; CLEFT palate; RESIDUAL limbs; MEDICAL microscopy; PSALTERY; HUMAN abnormalities; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 3, p512
- ISSN
0970-0358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-0358.105962