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Surgical Correction of Congenital Lower Lip Sinuses in Van der Woude Syndrome
- Source :
- The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 44:555-557
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2007.
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Abstract
- Objective:To review the clinical outcome for patients with Van der Woude syndrome undergoing surgical excision of congenital lip sinuses.Design:Retrospective chart review.Setting:Multidisciplinary cleft-craniofacial team within a tertiary care hospital.Patients, Participants:Seventeen patients with Van der Woude syndrome were identified from hospital records as having cleft lip and/or palate surgery performed at the University of Iowa, and six of these patients underwent simple surgical excision of lower lip sinuses.Main outcome measures:Incidence of postoperative complications and number of surgeries required per patient for correction of lower lip defect.Results:All six patients undergoing surgical excision of lip sinuses had postoperative mucocele formation. These uniformly required one or two further surgeries for correction. There were no other complications associated with the procedures and no patient had a pre- or postoperative whistling deformity. Cosmetic outcome was thought to be satisfactory in all cases.Conclusions:Despite the overall improvement in cosmetic appearance following simple surgical excision of congenital lower lip sinuses, the high rate of mucocele formation and repeat surgery has led to cautious preoperative counseling regarding the risks and benefits of the procedure.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cleft Lip
Oral Surgical Procedures
Lower lip
Mucocele
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Chart review
Deformity
medicine
Humans
Van der Woude syndrome
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Infant
Lip Diseases
Syndrome
Surgical correction
medicine.disease
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Otorhinolaryngology
Child, Preschool
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Oral Surgery
medicine.symptom
Complication
business
Oral Fistula
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15451569 and 10556656
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....06df2eed35a26b226928e42dcfcd0acd