Measuring the Unilateral Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity: Lateral Deviation of Subnasale Is a Clinical and Morphologic Index of Unrepaired Severity

CONCLUSIONS: Quantitative measures of severity transcend cleft type and can be used to grade clinical severity. Lateral deviation of subnasale was the best measure of severity and may be used as a surrogate of uncoupled premaxillary growth; it should be recorded as an index of pre-operative severity with every cleft lip repair. The correlation of other measures evaluated clarify treatment priorities and could potentially be used to grade outcomes.PMID:37787163 | DOI:10.1177/10556656231202173

Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Raymond W Tse Thomas J Sitzman Alexander C Allori Russell E Ettinger David M Fisher Michael Bezuhly Thomas D Samson Stephen P Beals Damir B Matic Ezgi Mercan Source Type: research