Obtaining a good lip roll in congenital,secondary and traumatic cleft lip repairs

Abstract

French

The present article includes a video designed to show the reader/viewer how to obtain a better lip roll in primary and secondary cleft lips as well as in traumatic cleft lips. The key is to not damage the delicate glands and fat in the lip roll. The actual surgery demonstrated in the video is a cleft lip redo with an effaced lip roll.

Keywords

Cleft lip Lip roll White roll

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