Presurgical naso-alveolar molding paired with cheiloplasty to treat median cleft lip deformity in holoprosencephaly

Satoshi Takagi; Ayumu Tsukamoto; Yoshihisa Kawakami; Sachio Tamaoki; Hiroyuki Ohjimi

doi:10.1080/23320885.2020.1753518

Presurgical naso-alveolar molding paired with cheiloplasty to treat median cleft lip deformity in holoprosencephaly

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2020 Apr 17;7(1):50-53. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2020.1753518. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Satoshi Takagi¹, Ayumu Tsukamoto¹, Yoshihisa Kawakami¹, Sachio Tamaoki², Hiroyuki Ohjimi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
² Section of Orthodontics, Department of Oral Growth and Development, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan.

Abstract

We report median cleft lip in an infant girl with lobar-typed holoprosencephaly who underwent presurgical naso-alveolar molding and subsequent cheiloplasty. At seven months postoperatively, we observed an upper lip with natural cupid-bow-shape formed with a nasal dome and two nostrils separated with reconstructed columella, which were maintained for eight years.

Keywords: Holoprosencephaly; cheiloplasty; median cleft; presurgical nasoalveolar molding.

Publication types

Case Reports