1. Use of Octyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in Cleft Lip Repair
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Nicolas Ajkay, Bernard Githae, William P. Magee, and Richard S. Rosenblum
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin sutures ,business.industry ,Cleft Lip ,Midline cleft lip ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Dentistry ,Protective barrier ,law.invention ,Surgery ,Incision care ,Cleft lip repair ,Suture (anatomy) ,Cyanoacrylate ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,Operative time ,Tissue Adhesives ,Cyanoacrylates ,business - Abstract
Octyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Dermabond; Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) is a synthetic tissue adhesive recently approved for skin closure. This study was designed to assess its effectiveness for use in clefts lip repairs. Sixty-four patients with unilateral, bilateral, or midline cleft lip defects were repaired. The ages at repair ranged from 4 days to 19 months, with an average of 46.5 days. Follow-up ranged from 6 months to 3 years. No complications were found. Several advantages were observed: shorter operative time, formation of a protective barrier, simplified incision care, no need for suture removal, and improved scar outcome. This study supports octyl-2-cyanoacrylate as an alternative to skin sutures in primary cleft lip repair.
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- 2003
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