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Journal of Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2002;3(2):133-136.
Case Report of Rib Bone Graft for Correction of Bifid Nose of Median Facial Cleft.
Rong Min Baek, Joo Hwan Lim, Tai Kyun Im, Ra Yong Ko, Byung Ha Yun
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea. ronbaek@hananet.net
Abstract
Craniofacial cleft is a rare congenital anomaly with a wide range of clinical manifestation and severity of deformity. In 1976, Tessier announced classification system on the basis of anatomical observation derived from clinical finding or operative dissection. Nowadays, this system is in common use because it is in accordance with terminology and observational finding and clinical manifestation is accordant with operative finding. Median facial cleft(No. 0-14 facial cleft) has a wide range of congenital malformation from a midline cleft upper lip to orbital hypertelorism, among which the bifid nose is frequently associated with hypertelorism. The manifestation of a bifid nose is variable from a simple central groove at the nasal tip to a complete clefting of the osteocartilaginous framework. In consequence, the planning of correction of the bifid nose must be individualized. We contrived correction of bifid nose using rib bone graft containing small amount of costal cartilage with maneuver of 2mm incision on nasal root skin together with fixation with 9mm miniscrew through an open approach in two No. 0-14 facial cleft patients with mild hypertelorism and bifid nose. With this method we could obtain satisfactory results in the standpoint of function as well as aesthetics. We think that this method is appropriate for correction of bifid nose of mild median facial cleft.
Keywords: Median facial cleft; Bifid nose; Rib bone graft; Hypertelorism


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